Localization and properties of voltage-gated calcium channels in cone photoreceptors of Tupaia belangeri

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-552

  Taylor, W Rowland ^a,b   Morgans, Catherine ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Calcium dependent chloride current; Electrotonic properties; Mammalian photoreceptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SCANDENTIA; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NIFEDIPINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTORECEPTORS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; TUPAIA;

EID: 0032078009     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898153142     Document Type: Article

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