Properties of Q-type calcium channels in neostriatal and cortical neurons are correlated with β subunit expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7268-7277

  Mermelstein, Paul G ^b,c   Foehring, Robert C ^b   Tkatch, Tatiana ^a   Song, Wen Jie ^b,d   Baranauskas, Gytis ^a   Surmeíer, D James ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Cerebellum; Cortex; Medium spiny neurons; Patch clamp; Pyramidal neurons; Single cell RT PCR; Striatum; Voltage clamp; subunits; subunits

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRAIN CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033198296     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07268.1999     Document Type: Article

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