Isolation of somatic Na+ currents by selective inactivation of axonal channels with a voltage prepulse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7740-7748

  Milescu, Lorin S ^a,b   Bean, Bruce P ^a   Smith, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BRAIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 77953189642     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6136-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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