Ionic currents and current-clamp depolarisations of type I and type II hair cells from the developing rat utricle

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-46

  Lennan, G W T ^a   Steinacker, A ^a   Lehouelleur, J ^a   Sans, A ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Activation Current clamp; Electrophysiology; Hair cells; Type I; Vestibular system; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SODIUM CURRENT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UTRICLE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAIR CELLS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0032996146     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050877     Document Type: Article

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