Calcium-dependent responses in neurons of the isolated respiratory network of newborn rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 491, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-695

  Onimaru, H ^b   Ballanyi, K ^a   Richter, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0029670186     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021249     Document Type: Article

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