Membrane responses evoked by organic buffers in identified leech neurones

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-335

  Schmidt, Joachim ^a   Mangold, Claudia ^a   Deitmer, Joachim W ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Buffer; Cl conductance; d tubocurarine; Hepes; Hirudo medicinalis; Leech neurones; Mes; Mops; Tris

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030019238     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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