title: Voltage-gated ion channels in dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal neurons.
abstract: The properties and distribution of voltage-gated ion channels contribute to electrical signaling in neuronal dendrites. The apical dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons in hippocampus express a wide variety of sodium, calcium, potassium, and other voltage-gated channels. In this report, we provide some new evidence for the role of the delayed-rectifier K(+) channel in shaping the dendritic action potential at different membrane potentials.
authors.affiliation: Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. xixi@mail.clm.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Xixi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnston
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology*; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D051668:Delayed Rectifier Potassium Channels