1996
Identification and Characterization of a Ca2+-Sensitive Nonspecific Cation Channel Underlying Prolonged Repetitive Firing in Aplysia Neurons
Wilson G, Richardson F, Fisher T, Olivera B, Kaczmarek L. Identification and Characterization of a Ca2+-Sensitive Nonspecific Cation Channel Underlying Prolonged Repetitive Firing in Aplysia Neurons. Journal Of Neuroscience 1996, 16: 3661-3671. PMID: 8642410, PMCID: PMC6578840, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-11-03661.1996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonspecific cation channelRepetitive firingCation channelsSpontaneous repetitive firingNeuronal response propertiesBag cell neuronsSlow inwardNeuronal excitabilityCell neuronsChannels underliesProlonged dischargeAplysia bag cell neuronsAplysia neuronsAfterdischargesNeuronsPhosphorylation-mediated changesResponse propertiesChannel recordingsConus textileFiringO mVTetrodotoxinExcitability
1993
Mode-switching of a voltage-gated cation channel is mediated by a protein kinase A-regulated tyrosine phosphatase
Wilson G, Kaczmarek L. Mode-switching of a voltage-gated cation channel is mediated by a protein kinase A-regulated tyrosine phosphatase. Nature 1993, 366: 433-438. PMID: 8247151, DOI: 10.1038/366433a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoltage-gated cation channelsTyrosine phosphataseProtein kinase A. MoreoverProtein kinase ACation channelsAplysia bag cell neuronsBag cell neuronsKinase ATyrosine kinasePatch-clamp studiesPhosphataseGating modesCell neuronsA. MoreoverNeuronal excitabilityNervous system tissueKinaseCentral nervous system tissueEnzyme