SK channels gate information processing in vivo by regulating an intrinsic bursting mechanism seen in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2273-2287

  Toporikova, Natalia ^a   Chacron, Maurice J ^a,b  

^a Departments of Physiology   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECORDING; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATIC CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ALKANES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBELLUM; CHELATING AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES; EGTAZIC ACID; GYMNOTIFORMES; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 70350333560     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00282.2009     Document Type: Article

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