The h-Current in the Substantia Nigra pars Compacta Neurons: A Re-examination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Gambardella, Cristina ^a   Pignatelli, Angela ^a   Belluzzi, Ottorino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; STEADY STATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84871353309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052329     Document Type: Article

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