Morphological and electrical properties of oligodendrocytes in the white matter of the corpus callosum and cerebellum

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-573

  Bakiri, Yamina ^a   Káradóttir, Ragnhildur ^a,b   Cossell, Lee ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GAP JUNCTION; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79251557167     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201376     Document Type: Article

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