Differential expression of membrane conductances underlies spontaneous event initiation by rostral midline neurons in the embryonic mouse hindbrain

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 5081-5093

  Moruzzi, Audrey M ^a   Abedini, Nauzley C ^a   Hansen, Matthew A ^a   Olson, Julia E ^a   Bosma, Martha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICE; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 70450211207     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.180091     Document Type: Article

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