Differential sensitivity to Mg2+-and tubocurarine-block of frog neuromuscular junctions in summer and winter

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Wernig, A ^b   Dorlochter M ^a,b   Palazis, P ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium deprivation; Endplate potential; Neuromuscular junction; Seasonal variation; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FROG; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; RANA TEMPORARIA; SEASONS; TUBOCURARINE;

EID: 0029670292     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12483-6     Document Type: Article

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