Bursts and hyperexcitability in non-myelinated axons of the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1004-1013

  Palani, D ^a   Baginskas, A ^b   Raastad, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Kv1.2; Potassium channels; Unmyelinated axons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; DENDROTOXIN; MARGATOXIN; MYELIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.2;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ELAPID VENOMS; KV1.2 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952553883     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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