Action potential broadening in a presynaptic channelopathy
Episodic ataxia type 1 is caused by mutations in the potassium channel Kv1.1, which is found in cerebellar basket cells. Here, the authors use electrophysiology techniques to characterize these mutant channels, and observe that the changes result in decreased spontaneous Purkinje cell firing with no...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12102 |