Clustered voltage-gated Na+ channels in Aplysia axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1730-1739

  Johnston, Wendy L ^a   Dyer, John R ^a   Castellucci, Vincent F ^b   Dunn, Robert J ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aplysia; clustered channels; demyelination; ion channel; myelination; Na+ channel; sodium channel; unmyelinated axon

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DEMYELINATION; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029865779     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01730.1996     Document Type: Article

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