Direct activation of the Mauthner cell by electric field pulses drives ultrarapid escape responses

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 834-844

  Tabor, Kathryn M ^a   Bergeron, Sadie A ^a   Horstick, Eric J ^a   Jordan, Diana C ^a   Aho, Vilma ^b   Porkka Heiskanen, Tarja ^b   Haspel, Gal ^c   Burgess, Harold A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric pulse; Escape response; Mauthner cell; Nitroreductase; SCN5

Indexed keywords

NITROREDUCTASE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; TETRODOTOXIN; CALCIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REACTION TIME; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CHARACIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORYZIAS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SWIMMING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHARACIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; NAV1.5 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; NEURONS; ORYZIAS; REACTION TIME; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84906092822     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00228.2014     Document Type: Article

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