Parapodial swim muscle in Aplysia brasiliana. I. Voltage-gated membrane currents in isolated muscle fibers

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1517-1530

  Laurienti, P J ^a   Blankenship, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM ION; SEROTONIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029744507     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.1517     Document Type: Article

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