Effects of volatile anaesthetics on a high conductance calcium dependent potassium channel in cultured hippocampal neurons

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 100-101, Issue , 1998, Pages 271-276

  McLarnon, James ^a   Sawyer, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High conductance K (Ca); Inhalational anaesthetics; Inside out patches; Patch clamp; Rat hippocampal neurons

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; HALOTHANE; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOFLURANE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS;

EID: 0032429286     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00195-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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