Whole cell and single-channel properties of a unique voltage-activated sustained calcium current identified in teleost retinal horizontal cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 609-619

  Pfeiffer Linn, Cindy L ^a,b   Lasater, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DILTIAZEM; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA HORIZONTAL NERVE CELL; TELEOST; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029917049     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.2.609     Document Type: Article

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