The magnitudes of hyperpolarization-activated and low-voltage-activated potassium currents co-vary in neurons of the ventral cochlear nucleus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 630-640

  Cao, Xiao Jie ^a   Oertel, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Electrophysiology; Hearing; Homeostasis; KCNA; Patch clamp recordings

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUSHY CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CURRENT; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051525698     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00015.2010     Document Type: Article

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