Fast sodium channel gating supports localized and efficient axonal action potential initiation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 10233-10242

  Schmidt Hieber, Christoph ^a,b   Bischofberger, Josef ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77955351129     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6335-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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