Synergy between electrical coupling and membrane properties promotes strong synchronization of neurons of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4341-4359

  Curti, Sebastian ^a   Hoge, Gregory ^b   Nagy, James I ^c   Pereda, Alberto E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALIC TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SPIKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSES; GAP JUNCTIONS; MECLOFENAMIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 84859087298     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6216-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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