Pharmacological properties of voltage-gated Na+ currents in motor neurones from a hydrozoan jellyfish Polyorchis penicillatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 941-948

  Spafford, J David ^a   Grigoriev, Nikita G ^a   Spencer, Andrew N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Dihydropyridines; Evolution; Jellyfish; Local anaesthetics; Motor neurone; Na+ current; Pharmacology; Polyorchis penicillatus; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000141369     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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