Low-voltage-activated Ca2+ currents are generated by members of the Ca(v)T subunit family (α1G/H) in rat primary sensory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8605-8613

  Lambert, Régis C ^a   McKenna, Frank ^a   Maulet, Yves ^a   Talley, Edmund M ^b   Bayliss, Douglas A ^b   Cribbs, Leanne L ^c   Lee, Jung Ha ^c   Perez Reyes, Edward ^c   Feltz, Anne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Antisense oligonucleotides; In situ hybridization; Low threshold T type calcium channels; Nodosus ganglion; PCR; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL ALPHA 1 PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE;

EID: 0032211117     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08605.1998     Document Type: Article

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