L-type calcium channels unmasked by cell-permeant Ca2+ buffer at mouse motor nerve terminals

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-528

  Urbano, Francisco J ^a   Uchitel, Osvaldo D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Cell permeant calcium buffers; DM BAPTA AM; EGTA AM; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CHELATING AGENTS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDES; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 0033018243     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050813     Document Type: Article

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