Control of action potential propagation by intracellular Ca2+ in cultured rat dorsal root ganglion cells

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-324

  Lüscher, Christian ^a   Lipp, Peter ^a   Lüscher, Hans Rudolf ^a   Niggli, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE;

ACETIC ACIDS; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTOLYSIS; RATS;

EID: 0030052766     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021146     Document Type: Article

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