Differential modulation of repetitive firing and synchronous network activity in neocortical interneurons by inhibition of A-type K+ channels and Ih

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Williams, Sidney B ^a   Hablitz, John J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

4 AP; A type K+ channels; Basket cells; GABAergic interneurons; HCN channels; Ih; Martinotti cells; Neocortex; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; FAMPRIDINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84939783366     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00089     Document Type: Article

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