Intrinsic membrane properties of locus coeruleus neurons in Mecp2-null mice

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Cui, Ningren ^a   Wu, Zhongying ^a   Su, Junda ^a   Tadepalli, Jyothirmayee S ^a   Sekizar, Sowmya ^a   Jiang, Chun ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Norepinephrine; Passive membrane properties; Repetitive firing activities; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIKE; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; KINETICS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RETT SYNDROME; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS;

MUS;

EID: 77749279664     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00442.2009     Document Type: Article

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