Inwardly rectifying K+ currents in intermediate cells in the cochlea of gerbils: A possible contribution to the endocochlear potential

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 175-178

  Takeuchi, Shunji ^a   Ando, Motonori ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; K(ir) channel; Melanocyte; Quinine; Stria vascularis; Tetraethylammonium; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOLYMPH; GERBIL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; STRIA VASCULARIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CESIUM; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; ENDOLYMPH; GERBILLINAE; ION TRANSPORT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; QUININE; STRIA VASCULARIS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0032524626     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00318-8     Document Type: Article

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