A patch clamp study of a glutamatergic chloride channel on pharyngeal muscle of the nematode Ascaris suum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-186

  Adelsberger, Helmuth ^a   Scheuer, Thomas ^a   Dudel, Josef ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Ivermectin; Outside out patch; Parasite; Single channel

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IVERMECTIN; PICROTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CELL KINETICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOGRAM; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASCARIS SUUM; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IVERMECTIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOUTH; MUSCLES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030839976     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00512-0     Document Type: Article

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