Small conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels regulate firing properties and excitability in parasympathetic cardiac motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Lin, Min ^a   Hatcher, Jeff T ^a   Chen, Qin Hui ^b   Wurster, Robert D ^c   Cheng, Zixi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Afterhyperpolarization currents; Repolarization; Transient outward currents

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RHODAMINE; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; ION CONDUCTANCE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SPIKE WAVE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; HEART; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APAMIN; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 78649675665     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00134.2010     Document Type: Article

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