The firing patterns of spinal neurons: In situ patch-clamp recordings reveal a key role for potassium currents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2926-2940

  Winlove, Crawford I P ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; in situ; Neurons; Pharmacology; Voltage clamp; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL FIRING; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY ROHON BEARD NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TADPOLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; INTERNEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SODIUM; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

EID: 84867006300     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08208.x     Document Type: Article

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