Rebound excitation triggered by synaptic inhibition in cerebellar nuclear neurons is suppressed by selective T-type calcium channel block

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2653-2661

  Boehme, Rebecca ^a,b   Uebele, Victor N ^c   Renger, John J ^c   Pedroarena, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cav3.; Cerebellum; Channels; Chloride inhibition; GABA; Postinhibitory rebound

Indexed keywords

3,5 DICHLORO N [1 (2,2 DIMETHYL TETRAHYDROPYRAN 4 YLMETHYL) 4 FLUORO PIPERIDIN 4 YLMETHYL]BENZAMIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; TTA P2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REBOUND EXCITATION; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CHLORIDES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 80755143871     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00612.2011     Document Type: Article

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