Methyl mercury reduces voltage-activated currents of rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 354, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 532-538

  Leonhardt, Ralph ^a   Haas, Helmut ^b   Büsselberg, Dietrich ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Institut für Physiologie II   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Methyl mercury (CH3HgCl); Neurotoxicity; Potassium channels; Rat DRG neurons; Sodium channels; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; METHYLMERCURY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029824655     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00168447     Document Type: Article

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