P/Q-type calcium channels activate neighboring calcium-dependent potassium channels in mouse motor nerve terminals

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 434, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-412

  Protti, Dario A ^a,b   Uchitel, Osvaldo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium buffers Agatoxin IVA; Calcium channels toxins; FTX; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030762159     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050414     Document Type: Article

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