Action potential changes associated with impairment of functional properties of sodium channels in hippocampal neurons induced by melamine

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Yang, Jia Jia ^a   Yang, Zhuo ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Action potential; Hippocampus; Melamine; Voltage gated sodium channels (VGSCs); Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRIAZINES;

EID: 77955927046     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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