Maternal diabetes increases large conductance ca2+-activated k+ outward currents that alter action potential properties but do not contribute to attenuated excitability of parasympathetic cardiac motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus of neonatal mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Min ^a   Hatcher, Jeff T ^a   Chen, Qing Hui ^b   Wurster, Robert D ^c   Li, Lihua ^a   Cheng, Zixi Jack ^a  

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

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Bk channels; Repolarization; Sk channels

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PAXILLINE; RHODAMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC CARDIAC MOTONEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PERICARDIUM; PERINATAL PERIOD; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; HEART; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955773120     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00470.2010     Document Type: Article

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