Single K channel currents in Schwann cells from normal and neurofibromatosis-affected damselfish

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 342-351

  Fieber, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

A channel; patch clamp; tumor

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FISH DISEASE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FISHES; NEUROFIBROMATOSES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 0030909194     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970515)48:4<342::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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