Voltage-activated whole-cell K+ currents in lamina cells of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1939-1951

  Benkenstein, Christian ^a   Schmidt, Manfred ^a   Gewecke, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ca2+ current; Central nervous system; Electrophysiology; Insect; Ion channel; K+ current; Locust; Schistocerca gregaria; Visual system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032773802     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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