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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2011

Contributions of Kv7-mediated potassium current to sub- and suprathreshold responses of rat layer II/III neocortical pyramidal neurons.

D Guan, M H Higgs, L R Horton, W J Spain, R C Foehring

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

D GuanDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
M H Higgs
L R Horton
W J Spain
R C Foehring
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USVA Puget Sound Health Care System · US

Funding

Slowly Inactivating K+ Channels in Pyramidal NeuronsR01NS044163 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI FOEHRING, ROBERT C, SPAIN, WILLIAM J · 2003 to 2022
$6.5M
NINDS NIH HHS NS044163NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS044163
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After block of Kv1- and Kv2-mediated K(+) currents in acutely dissociated neocortical pyramidal neurons from layers II/III of rat somatosensory and motor cortex, the remaining current is slowly activating and persistent. We used whole cell voltage clamp to show that the Kv7 blockers linopirdine and XE-991 blocked a current with similar kinetics to the current remaining after combined block of Kv1 and Kv2 channels. This current was sensitive to low doses of linopirdine and activated more slowly and at more negative potentials than Kv1- or Kv2-mediated current. The Kv7-mediated current decreased in amplitude with time in whole cell recordings, but in most cells the current was stable for several minutes. Current in response to a traditional M-current protocol was blocked by muscarine, linopirdine, and XE-991. Whole cell slice recordings revealed that the Q₁₀ for channel deactivation was ∼2.5. Sharp electrode current-clamp recordings from adult pyramidal cells demonstrated that block of Kv7-mediated current with XE-991 reduced rheobase, shortened the latency to firing to near rheobase current, induced more regular firing at low current intensity, and increased the rate of firing to a given current injection. XE-991 did not affect single action potentials or spike frequency adaptation. Application of XE-991 also eliminated subthreshold voltage oscillations and increased gain for low-frequency inputs (<10 Hz) without affecting gain for higher frequency inputs. These data suggest important roles for Kv7 channels in subthreshold regulation of excitability, generation of theta-frequency subthreshold oscillations, regulation of interspike intervals, and biasing selectivity toward higher frequency inputs.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsAnthracenesIndolesIon Channel GatingKCNQ Potassium ChannelsMotor CortexPatch-Clamp TechniquesPotassiumPotassium Channel BlockersPyramidal CellsPyridinesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySensory ThresholdsSomatosensory Cortex10,10-bis(4-pyridinylmethyl)-9(10H)-anthracenoneAnthracenesIndolesKCNQ Potassium ChannelslinopirdinePotassiumPotassium Channel BlockersPyridines

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PMID21697446
PMCPMC3191833
OpenAlexW1987837648

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