The dihydropyridine-sensitive calcium channel subtype in cone photoreceptors

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 621-630

  Wilkinson, Marshall F ^a   Barnes, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

L type Ca channel; nifedipine; nisoldipine; presynaptic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA CONE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CONES (RETINA); DIHYDROPYRIDINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PHOTORECEPTORS; SPIDER VENOMS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029892344     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.107.5.621     Document Type: Article

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