Electrophysiological characterization of Grueneberg ganglion olfactory neurons: Spontaneous firing, sodium conductance, and hyperpolarization-activated currents

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1318-1334

  Liu, Cambrian Y ^a   Xiao, Cheng ^a   Fraser, Scott E ^a   Lester, Henry A ^a   Koos, David S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Hyperpolarization activated cationic channels; Neuronal simulations; Pacemaking; Patch clamp; Sodium currents

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN S100B; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GANGLION; GRUENEBERG GANGLION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE; STEADY STATE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; BIOPHYSICS; CESIUM; CHLORIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RNA, MESSENGER; S100 PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84865828853     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00907.2011     Document Type: Article

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