A sodium-activated potassium channel supports high-frequency firing and reduces energetic costs during rapid modulations of action potential amplitude

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1713-1723

  Markham, Michael R ^a   Kaczmarek, Leonard K ^b   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential energy efficiency; Electric organ discharge; Ion channel regulation; Sodium activated potassium channels; Weakly electric fish

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MELANOCORTIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CELLS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIGENMANNIA VIRESCENS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN DISCHARGE; ELECTROCYTE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FISH PROTEINS; GYMNOTIFORMES; KINETICS; MELANOCORTINS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM; VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84878503927     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00875.2012     Document Type: Article

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