Nicardipine enantiomers inhibit calcium and outward currents in rat pars intermedia cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Kocmur Bobanović, Laura ^a   Zorec, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dihydropyridine; Enantiomers; Nicardipine; Pars intermedia cells; Rat; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

NICARDIPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENANTIOMER; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029997327     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12501-5     Document Type: Article

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