Immortalized gnrh neurons express large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Spergel, Daniel J ^b   Catt, Kevin J ^b   Rojas, Eduardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Calcium; Charybdotoxin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; GT1 cells; Potassium channels; Thapsigargin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; APAMIN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CHARYBDOTOXIN; FURA 2; GONADORELIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADORELIN RELEASE; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CELL LINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030071501     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126946     Document Type: Article

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