Persistent Ca2+ current contributes to a prolonged depolarization in Aplysia bag cell neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3753-3765

  Tam, Alan K H ^a   Geiger, Julia E ^a   Hung, Anne Y ^a   Groten, Chris J ^a   Magoski, Neil S ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C; 4 O METHYLPHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; 4-O-METHYL-12-O-TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL 13-ACETATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ION; NICKEL; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; IONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NICKEL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 72749122499     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00669.2009     Document Type: Article

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