Properties of Ba2+ currents arising from human α1E and α1Eβ3 constructs expressed in HEK293 cells: physiology, pharmacology, and comparison to native T-type Ba2+ currents

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 957-972

  Nakashima, Yasunori M ^a,c   Todorovic, Slobodan M ^a   Pereverzev, Alexei ^b   Hescheler, Juergen ^b   Schneider, Toni ^b   Lingle, Christopher J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

1E; Ca2+ channel subunit; Ca2+ currents; Ca2+ currents (R type); Ca2+ currents (T type); LVA current

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ETHOSUXIMIDE; OCTANOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE; VALPROIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMILORIDE; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL LINE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 0031593408     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(98)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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