Heterogeneity of hair cells in the bullfrog sacculus

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-90

  Chabbert, Christian H ^a,b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bullfrog; Calcium currents; Calcium activated potassium currents; Hair cells; Sacculus; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CESIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RANA CATESBEIANA; SACCULE AND UTRICLE;

EID: 0031409393     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050486     Document Type: Article

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