Effects of low ozone-oxygen concentrations on the acetylcholine release at the mouse neuromuscular junction

General Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-250

  Re, L ^a   Valli, A ^a   Barocci, S ^a   Giammarchi, V ^a   Serresi, M ^a   Faini, T ^a   Ricci, M ^a   Morales, M A ^a,b   Leon Fernandez O S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CIEB ^*  (Cuba)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Free radicals; Loose patch clamp; Neuromuscular junction; Ozone oxygen mixtures

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; FREE RADICAL; OXYGEN; OZONE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OXYGEN; OZONE;

EID: 0033060560     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(98)00199-2     Document Type: Article

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