Calcium channels coupled to neurotransmitter release at neonatal rat neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 514, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 533-540

  Rosato Siri, Marcelo D ^a   Uchitel, Osvaldo D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NIFEDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL TISSUE; NERVE POTENTIAL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; DIAPHRAGM; EMBRYO; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NIFEDIPINE; NITRENDIPINE; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDES; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033555488     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.533ae.x     Document Type: Article

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