Calcium channel blockers and transmitter release at the normal human neuromuscular junction

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1391-1396

  Protti, Dario A ^a   Reisin, Ricardo ^b   Mackinley, Tomas Angelillo ^b   Uchitel, Osvaldo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL BRITÁNICO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029942914     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1391     Document Type: Article

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