Fast-activating voltage-and calcium-dependent potassium (BK) conductance promotes bursting in pituitary cells: A dynamic clamp study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 16855-16863

  Tabak, Joël ^a   Tomaiuolo, Maurizio ^a   Gonzalez Iglesias, Arturo E ^a   Milescu, Lorin S ^b   Bertram, Richard ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FAST ACTIVATING VOLTAGE AND CALCIUM DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL BURSTING; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; INDOLES; ION CHANNEL GATING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81255142974     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3235-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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