Firing properties of Renshaw cells defined by Chrna2 are modulated by hyperpolarizing and small conductance ion currents Ih and ISK

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 887-898

  Perry, Sharn ^a   Gezelius, Henrik ^a   Larhammar, Martin ^a   Hilscher, Markus M ^a,b   Lamotte d'Incamps, Boris ^c   Leao, Katarina E ^a,b   Kullander, Klas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Interneurons; Mouse; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha2; Recurrent inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; APAMIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHOLINERGIC NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA2; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CHRNA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ICI D2788; ION CHANNEL; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVATED INWARD CATION CURRENT; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE REPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENSHAW CELL; REPOLARIZATION; SMALL CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CURRENT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; VENTRAL ROOT; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; 129 MOUSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL ROOT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APAMIN; ION CHANNELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PYRIMIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RENSHAW CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84926408350     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12852     Document Type: Article

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