A simple method for characterizing passive and active neuronal properties: Application to striatal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1390-1405

  Lepora, Nathan F ^a   Blomeley, Craig P ^b   Hoyland, Darren ^a   Bracci, Enrico ^b   Overton, Paul G ^a   Gurney, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine receptor; Modelling; Neurons; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FAST SPIKING NEURON; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEDIUM SPINY NEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRIATAL NEURON;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BIOPHYSICS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80055046861     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07879.x     Document Type: Article

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