Pre-and postnatal differences in membrane, action potential, and ion channel properties of rostral nucleus of the solitary tract neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2709-2719

  Suwabe, Takeshi ^a   Mistretta, Charlotte M ^a   Krull, Catherine ^a   Bradley, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Central processing; In vitro recording; Taste

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE; SPONTANEOUS TRANSIENT OUTWARD CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL SHAPE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURITES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 80755187638     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00178.2011     Document Type: Article

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