Actions of barium on rapidly inactivating potassium current in bullfrog sympathetic neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-40

  Tokimasa, Takayuki ^a   Nishimura, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Current; Activation curve; Barium; Inactivation curve; M Current; Sympathetic ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CURRENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; KINETICS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RANA CATESBEIANA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031585484     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00746-5     Document Type: Article

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