Ca2+ fluxes and channel regulation in rods of the albino rat

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 577-595

  Knopp, Andreas ^a   Ruppel H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ source function; Ca2+ sensitive microelectrodes; Intracellular Ca2+ concentration; Light induced Ca2+ fluxes; Rat rod photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RETINA ROD; ALBINISM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0029666025     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.5.577     Document Type: Article

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