Excitability of paraventricular nucleus neurones that project to the rostral ventrolateral medulla is regulated by small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4235-4247

  Chen, Qing Hui ^a   Toney, Glenn M ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UCL 1684; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; AFTERDEPOLARIZATION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 69949108550     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.175364     Document Type: Article

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