High affinity block by nimodipine of the internal calcium elevation in chronically depolarized rat cerebellar granule neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-80

  Marchetti, Carla ^a   Usai, Cesare ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule neurons; Dihydropyridine; Internal calcium; L type calcium channel; Neuronal survival; Voltage dependent calcium channels

Indexed keywords

AGATOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; FURA 2; NIMODIPINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GRANULE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029887755     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12492-7     Document Type: Article

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