Contribution of Ca2+-activated K+ channels to central chemosensitivity in cultivated neurons of fetal rat medulla

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2885-2894

  Wellner Kienitz, M C ^a   Shams, H ^a   Scheid, P ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; FETUS; FETUS CELL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATCH CLAMP; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0031595432     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.2885     Document Type: Article

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