Two distinct low-voltage-activated Ca2+ currents contribute to the pacemaker mechanism in cockroach dorsal unpaired median neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 963-976

  Grolleau, Françoise ^a   Lapied, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COCKROACH; DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029817073     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.963     Document Type: Article

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