Inhibition of T-type voltage-gated calcium channels by a new scorpion toxin

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 668-674

  Chuang, Rosalind S I ^a   Jaffe, Howard ^a   Cribbs, Leanne ^b   Perez Reyes, Edward ^b   Swartz, Kenton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; KURTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; NEUROTOXINS; OOCYTES; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032249498     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3669     Document Type: Article

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