Evidence for the calcium-dependent potentiation of M-current obtained by the ratiometric measurement of the fura-2 fluorescence in bullfrog sympathetic neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Tokimasa, Takayuki ^a   Shirasaki, Tetsuya ^b   Kuba, Kenji ^c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fura 2; Intracellular Ca2+ concentration; M type K+ current

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DIGITONIN; FURA 2; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; BULLFROG; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030656959     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00791-X     Document Type: Article

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