Single-cell RT-PCR and functional characterization of Ca2+ channels in motoneurons of the rat facial nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 9573-9584

  Plant, T D ^a,b   Schirra, C ^a   Katz, E ^a,c   Uchitel, O D ^a,c   Konnerth, A ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Calcium current; Facial nucleus; Motoneuron; Single cell RT PCR; 1 subunit; conotoxin; agatoxin GVIA; agatoxin IVA; conotoxin MVIIC

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032402179     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-23-09573.1998     Document Type: Article

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