Regulation of acetylcholine release by intracellular acidification of developing motoneurons in Xenopus cell cultures

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-53

  Chen, Yu Hwa ^a   Wu, Mei Lin ^a   Fu, Wen Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; ISETHIONIC ACID; POTASSIUM ION; PROPIONIC ACID; RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS; ALKALINIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; SPONTANEOUS SYNAPTIC CURRENT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACIDS; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL AGING; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032519640     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.041bu.x     Document Type: Article

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