Mechanisms and distribution of ion channels in retinal ganglion cells: Using temperature as an independent variable

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1357-1374

  Fohlmeister, Jürgen F ^a   Cohen, Ethan D ^b   Newman, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CATS; CYTOPLASM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77949699968     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00123.2009     Document Type: Article

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