Advance in study of membrane ion channels in insect dorsal unpaired median neurons.
Author of the article:DI Xu-Dong1，2,LIU Yan-Qing1,ZHENG Shou-Gang1,YU Xiang-Yang2,XIAO Hang1,GAO Rong1
Author's Workplace：(1.Institute of Applied Toxicology of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing 210029,China; 2.Changzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Changzhou 213003,China; 3.Institute of Plant Protection,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Key Words：cockroach; dorsal unpaired median (DUM); ion channel; electrophysiology; receptor
Abstract：The efferent dorsal unpaired median (DUM) neurons locate along the dorsal midline of many ganglion of the insect ventral nerve cord.They differ from other insect neurons in generating endogenous spontaneous overshooting action potentials.There are a wide