Functional evidence for calcium-induced calcium release in isolated rat vibrissal Merkel cell mechanoreceptors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Senok, Solomon S ^a   Baumann, Klaus I ^a,b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CALCIUM ION; CELL RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; PROCAINE; RYANODINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE; VIBRISSA;

EID: 0030955101     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021996     Document Type: Article

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