Selectivity of linopirdine (DuP 996), a neurotransmitter release enhancer, in blocking voltage-dependent and calcium-activated potassium currents in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 709-717

  Schnee, Michael E ^a   Brown, Barry S ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; LINOPIRDINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEADY STATE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOLES; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRIDINES; RATS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032442105     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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