Membrane properties and cell ultrastructure of taste receptor cells in Necturus lingual slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1944-1956

  Bigiani, Albertino ^b   Kim, Dae Joong ^b   Roper, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASTE BUD; TONGUE;

EID: 0029893637     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.1944     Document Type: Article

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