A role for a background sodium current in spontaneous action potentials and secretion from rat lactotrophs

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 6 40-6, 1996, Pages

  Sankaranarayanan, Sethuraman ^a   Simasko, Steven M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; leak current; membrane potentials; pituitary; prolactin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; MEGLUMINE; PROLACTIN; QUINPIROLE; SODIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; TROMETAMOL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0030452374     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1996.271.6.c1927     Document Type: Article

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