... in the anoxia-tolerant painted turtle brain, we investigated the function of taurine as an inhibitory neuromodulator in turtle pyramidal neurons. Using whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiological methods to record from neurons within a cortical brain sheet, we found that taurine depolarized membrane potential...

... The authors declare no competing financial interests. 24 3 2014 24 6 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Reactive oxidative species Pyramidal neurons Whole-cell patch-clamp Anoxia tolerance Channel arrest Calcium Fluorescence Aerobic organisms...

.... 17 6 2013 21 8 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 mitochondrial membrane potential mitochondrial BK channel pyramidal neurons whole-cell patch-clamp anoxia tolerance channel arrest The N -methyl- d -aspartate receptor (NMDAR...

...Steven D. Buckingham; Andrew N. Spencer ABSTRACT Cells from the brain of the polyclad flatworm Notoplana atomata were dispersed and maintained in primary culture for up to 3 weeks. Whole-cell patch-clamp of presumed neurones revealed outwardly directed K + currents that comprised, in varying...

... potential. They were accompanied by an increase in membrane conductance. When they were present, action potential firing was inhibited. The pharmacological profile and ionic mechanism of GABA-evoked current were investigated under voltage-clamp with the whole-cell patch-clamp technique. The reversal...

...). Taste cells in vertebrates transmit external gustatory information to primary neurones through synaptic transmission elicited by depolarization or by other intracellular signals elicited by taste stimuli (Kinnamon and Getchell, 1991). frog taste cell acid-induced current whole-cell patch...