Intracellular QX-314 inhibits calcium currents in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 2120-2124

  Talbot, Matthew J ^a   Sayer, Rod J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE ETHOBROMIDE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; DIALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0029780794     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.3.2120     Document Type: Article

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