Shaker and Shal Mediate Transient Calcium-Independent Potassium Current in a Drosophila Flight Motoneuron
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Shaker and Shal mediate transient calcium-independent potassium current in a Drosophila flight motoneuron.
Ionic currents underlie the firing patterns, excitability, and synaptic integration of neurons. Despite complete sequence information in multiple species, our knowledge about ion channel function in central neurons remains incomplete. This study analyzes the potassium currents of an identified Drosophila flight motoneuron, MN5, in situ. MN5 exhibits four different potassium currents, two fast-a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurophysiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-3077,1522-1598
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00693.2009