Presynaptic calcium currents at voltage-clamped exciter and inhibitor nerve terminals of crayfish

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 496, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-361

  Wright, Sterling N ^a,c   Brodwick, Malcolm S ^b   Bittner, George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIAMINOPYRIDINE; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COBALT; CONOTOXIN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUID; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029804109     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021690     Document Type: Article

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