Membrane current-based mechanisms for excitability transitions in neurons of the rat mesencephalic trigeminal nuclei

Neuroscience

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 799-810

  Yang, J ^a   Xing, J L ^a   Wu, N P ^b   Liu, Y H ^a   Zhang, C Z ^c   Kuang, F ^a   Han, V Z ^d   Hu, S J ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c XI AN SATELLITE CONTROL CENTER   (China)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4 AP sensitive K+ current; excitability transition; mesencephalic V neurons; persistent Na+ current

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; CATION; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MANIPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 70149086890     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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