The effects of catechol on various membrane conductances in lumbar sympathetic postganglionic neurones of the guinea-pig

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 609-618

  Inokuchi, Hiroe ^a,b,c   McLachlan, Elspeth M ^a   Meckler, R L ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Current; D Current; Discharge pattern; Na+ channel inactivation

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL; PRAZOSIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; YOHIMBINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALIBRATION; CATECHOLS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0030951797     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004991     Document Type: Article

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