Voltage-gated calcium currents in whole-cell patch-clamped bullfrog dorsal root ganglion cells: Effects of cell size and intracellular solutions

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 138-145

  Holohean, A M ^a   Rodriguez, C A ^a   Hackman, J C ^a   Davidoff, R A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Cell size; Dorsal root ganglia; Frog

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CESIUM CHLORIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MEGLUMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029897849     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01414-4     Document Type: Article

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