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State-dependent modulation of gap junction signaling by the persistent sodium current

Julie S Haas1, Carole E Landisman

  • 1Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA.

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
|February 10, 2012
PubMed

Keywords:
burst firingelectrical synapsegap junctionpersistent sodium currentsynchronythalamic reticular nucleus

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