Functional impact of the hyperpolarization-activated current on the excitability of myelinated A-type vagal afferent neurons in the rat

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 852-861

  Zhou, Yu Hong ^a   Sun, Li Hua ^a   Liu, Zhen Hong ^a   Bu, Guixue ^b   Pang, Xiao Ping ^a   Sun, Shi Chao ^a   Qiao, Guo Fen ^a   Li, Bai Yan ^a,c   Schild, John H ^c  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

hyper polarization activated cyclic nucleotide gated (HCN) channel; hyperpolarization activated current (I h); neuronal excitability

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VAGAL GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 77955117981     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2010.05396.x     Document Type: Article

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