Inhibition of SK and M channel-mediated currents by 5-HT enables parallel processing by bursts and isolated spikes

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1276-1294

  Deemyad, Tara ^a   Maler, Leonard ^b   Chacron, Maurice J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feature detection; Information theory; Neuromodulator; Serotonin; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL M TYPE; SEROTONIN; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 79955143016     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00792.2010     Document Type: Article

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