Spontaneous changes in acetylcholine receptor and calcium leakage activity in cell-attached patches from cultured dystrophic myotubes

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-380

  Carlson, C George ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cholinergic receptors; Cytoskeleton; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Dystrophin; mdx mouse

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOSKELETON; DESENSITIZATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0032915304     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050791     Document Type: Article

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