Separation of voltage- and ligand-gated calcium influx in locust neurons by optical imaging

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-98

  Oertner, Thomas G ^a   Single, Sandra ^a   Borst, Alexander ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ACh receptors; Calcium channels; Calcium imaging; Insect; Locusta migratoria; Primary culture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBACHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LOCUST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARBACHOL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; GRASSHOPPERS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TUBOCURARINE;

EID: 0032852298     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00694-1     Document Type: Article

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