Control of submillisecond synaptic timing in binaural coincidence detectors by K v 1 channels

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 601-609

  Mathews, Paul J ^a   Jercog, Pablo E ^b   Rinzel, John ^b,c   Scott, Luisa L ^a   Golding, Nace L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; BRAIN STEM; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GERBIL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SOUND DETECTION; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN STEM; DENDRITES; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GERBILLINAE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951665282     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2530     Document Type: Article

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