Voltage-dependent Ca2+ influx into identified leech neurones

Brain Research

Volumn 746, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 285-293

  Dierkes, Paul W ^a   Hochstrate, Peter ^a   Schlue, Wolf R ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel; Extracellular K+; Intracellular Ca2+; Medicinal leech; Menthol; Polyvalent cation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; FURA 2; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; CALCIUM; COBALT; LANTHANUM; MENTHOL; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LEECH; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIPRURITICS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; COBALT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; LANTHANUM; LEECHES; MENTHOL; MOTOR NEURONS; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030614565     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01264-4     Document Type: Article

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