Spontaneous acetylcholine release in mammalian neuromuscular junctions

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 6 42-6, 1997, Pages

  Losavio, Adriana ^a   Muchnik, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

1,2 bis(2 aminophenoxy)ethane N,N,N',N' tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester; Ethylene glycol bis( aminoethyl ether) N,N,N',N' tetraacetic acid acetoxymethyl ester; Hypertonic response; L type voltage dependent calcium channel; Nifedipine; Spontaneous transmitter release; agatoxin IVA; conotoxin GVIA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CHELATING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM ION;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; HYPEROSMOLARITY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031426640     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1997.273.6.c1835     Document Type: Article

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