Persistent firing supported by an intrinsic cellular mechanism in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2250-2259

  Jochems, Arthur ^a   Yoshida, Motoharu ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAN current; in vitro; Learning and memory; MACh receptor; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CATION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE; WHOLE CELL;

CAN CURRENT; IN VITRO; LEARNING AND MEMORY; MACH RECEPTOR; SHORT-TERM MEMORY;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CARBACHOL; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PICROTOXIN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE;

EID: 84880325484     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12236     Document Type: Article

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