CURRENT-DENSITY ANALYSIS OF OUTWARD CURRENTS IN ACUTELY ISOLATED RAT ENTORHINAL CORTEX CELLS

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作者
EDER, C [1 ]
HEINEMANN, U [1 ]
机构
[1] HUMBOLDT UNIV BERLIN,INST PHYSIOL CHARITE,NEUROPHYSIOL ABT,D-10115 BERLIN,GERMANY
关键词
A-CURRENT; DELAYED RECTIFIER CURRENT; CA2+-ACTIVATED K+ CURRENT; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELL; STELLATE CELL; RAT PUP;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(94)90118-X
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Entorhinal cortex stellate and pyramidal cells were acutely isolated from juvenile rats. Using the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp method outward potassium currents were recorded. A fast transient A-current and a sustained outward current could be measured in both stellate and pyramidal cells. The A-current density was significantly larger in pyramidal cells than in stellate cells. In contrast, stellate cells possessed a larger current density of the delayed rectifier current as well as the Ca2+ activated K+ current than pyramidal cells. Moreover, superficial stellate cells exhibited large delayed rectifier currents and only small A-currents while entorhinal cortex deep layer pyramidal cells displayed larger A-currents than delayed rectifier currents.
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