Diverse precerebellar neurons share similar intrinsic excitability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 16665-16674

  Kolkman, Kristine E ^a,b   McElvain, Lauren E ^a,b   du Lac, Sascha ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HYPOGLOSSAL NUCLEUS; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APAMIN; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DEXTRANS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PONS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 81255188904     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3314-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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