Pharmacological characterisation of voltage-sensitive calcium channels and neurotransmitter release from mouse cerebellar granule cells in culture

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-52

  Varming, Thomas ^a,b   Christophersen, Palle ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^b   Drejer, Jørgen ^a  

^a NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

agatoxin; conotoxin; nifedipine; patch clamp; release

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURONS; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; SPIDER VENOMS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030991679     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970401)48:1<43::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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