Ion channels and early development of neural cells

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-337

  Takahashi, Kunitaro ^a   Okamura, Yasushi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ASCIDIACEA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHORDATA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031918819     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.2.307     Document Type: Review

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