Of mice and intrinsic excitability: Genetic background affects the size of the postburst afterhyperpolarization in CA1 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1570-1580

  Moore, Shannon J ^a   Throesch, Benjamin T ^a   Murphy, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Mouse strains; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELL POLARITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052566630     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00257.2011     Document Type: Article

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