Age-dependent expression of the apamin-sensitive calcium-activated K+ channel in fast and slow rat skeletal muscle

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 282-285

  Vergara, C ^a   Ramirez, B U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAST MUSCLE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE;

EID: 0031194692     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6486     Document Type: Article

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