T-type Ca2+ channel lowers the threshold of spike generation in the newt olfactory receptor cell

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-535

  Kawai, Fusao ^a   Kurahashi, Takashi ^a,b   Kaneko, Akimichi ^a  

^a National Institute for Basic Biology   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential; Calcium channel; Newt; Olfactory receptor cell; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PATCH CLAMP; SPIKE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SALAMANDRIDAE; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030299980     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.108.6.525     Document Type: Article

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