Properties of voltage-activated Ca2+ currents in acutely isolated human hippocampal granule cells

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1526-1537

  Beck, H ^a   Steffens, R ^a   Heinemann, U ^b   Elger, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; NICKEL; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0030975749     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.3.1526     Document Type: Article

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