A blocker-resistant, fast-decaying, intermediate-threshold calcium current in palaeocortical pyramidal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2376-2386

  Magistretti, Jacopo ^a   Brevi, Sara ^a   De Curtis, Marco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Patch clamp; Piriform cortex; R type channels

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NICKEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, R-TYPE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NICKEL; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS;

EID: 0033941468     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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