Intrinsic voltage dynamics govern the diversity of spontaneous firing profiles in basal forebrain noncholinergic neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 406-418

  Ovsepian, Saak V ^a,b   Oliver Dolly, J ^b   Zaborszky, Laszlo ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Modulation; Neuropeptide Y; Pacemaker; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR AGONIST; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL LABELING; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONCHOLINERGIC NEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SPONTANEOUS FIRING ACTIVITY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84863998590     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00642.2011     Document Type: Article

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