Low-threshold, persistent sodium current in rat large dorsal root ganglion neurons in culture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1503-1513

  Baker, Mark D ^a   Bostock, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030909407     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1503     Document Type: Article

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