Blockade of voltage-operated calcium channels increase in spontaneous catecholamine release and elevation of intracellular calcium levels in bovine chromaffin cells by the plant alkaloid tetrandrine

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 357, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 441-445

  Bickmeyer, Ulf ^a   Weinsberg, Frank ^a   Müller, Erika ^a   Wiegand, Herbert ^a  

^a Medizinisches Inst F Umwelthygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium channel currents; Catecholamine; Intracellular calcium; Tetrandrine; Thapsigargin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CATECHOLAMINE; TETRANDRINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHINESE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; SILICOSIS;

STEFANIA TETRANDRA;

EID: 0031958058     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005191     Document Type: Article

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