Human axons contain at least five types of voltage-dependent potassium channel

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-696

  Reid, Gordon ^a,c   Scholz, Andreas ^a,b   Bostock, Hugh ^a   Vogel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE F; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE I; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL TYPE S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ACTION POTENTIAL DURATION; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PERIPHERAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AXONS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; ISOQUINOLINES; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS;

EID: 0033178718     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0681p.x     Document Type: Article

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