Characterization of voltage-sensitive Na+ and K+ currents recorded from acutely dissociated pelvic ganglion neurons of the adult rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2508-2521

  Yoshimura, Naoki ^a   De Groat, William C ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; FAST BLUE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLADDER INNERVATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0029974086     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2508     Document Type: Article

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