Development and Modulation of Calcium Currents in Cortex

Foehring, Robert C.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01NS033579-02
• Application #: 2272451
• Study Section: Neurology B Subcommittee 2 (NEUB)
• Project Start: 1995-01-01
• Project End: 1998-12-31
• Budget Start: 1996-01-01
• Budget End: 1996-12-31
• Support Year: 2
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• Department: Anatomy/Cell Biology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 941884009
• City: Memphis
• State: TN
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 38163

Publications

Goldberg, Joshua A; Teagarden, Mark A; Foehring, Robert C et al. (2009) Nonequilibrium calcium dynamics regulate the autonomous firing pattern of rat striatal cholinergic interneurons. J Neurosci 29:8396-407

Foehring, R C; Zhang, X F; Lee, J C F et al. (2009) Endogenous calcium buffering capacity of substantia nigral dopamine neurons. J Neurophysiol 102:2326-33

Lee, J C F; Callaway, J C; Foehring, R C (2005) Effects of temperature on calcium transients and Ca2+-dependent afterhyperpolarizations in neocortical pyramidal neurons. J Neurophysiol 93:2012-20

Timmons, S D; Geisert, E; Stewart, A E et al. (2004) alpha2-Adrenergic receptor-mediated modulation of calcium current in neocortical pyramidal neurons. Brain Res 1014:184-96

Foehring, R C; van Brederode, J F M; Kinney, G A et al. (2002) Serotonergic modulation of supragranular neurons in rat sensorimotor cortex. J Neurosci 22:8238-50

Stewart, A E; Foehring, R C (2001) Effects of spike parameters and neuromodulators on action potential waveform-induced calcium entry into pyramidal neurons. J Neurophysiol 85:1412-23

van Brederode, J F; Foehring, R C; Spain, W J (2000) Morphological and electrophysiological properties of atypically oriented layer 2 pyramidal cells of the juvenile rat neocortex. Neuroscience 101:851-61

Foehring, R C; Mermelstein, P G; Song, W J et al. (2000) Unique properties of R-type calcium currents in neocortical and neostriatal neurons. J Neurophysiol 84:2225-36

Stewart, A; Foehring, R C (2000) Calcium currents in retrogradely labeled pyramidal cells from rat sensorimotor cortex. J Neurophysiol 83:2349-54

Stewart, A E; Yan, Z; Surmeier, D J et al. (1999) Muscarine modulates Ca2+ channel currents in rat sensorimotor pyramidal cells via two distinct pathways. J Neurophysiol 81:72-84