Facilitation of the presynaptic calcium current at an auditory synapse in rat brainstem

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 512, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 723-729

  Cuttle, Matthew F ^a   Tsujimoto, Tetsuhiro ^b   Forsythe, Ian D ^a   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (2 THIODIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC; SYNAPSES; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0032211456     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.723bd.x     Document Type: Article

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