Tools for flash-photolysis experiments on voltage-clamped muscle fibre segments

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 385-393

  Schuhmeier, R P ^a   Tewes, S ^a   Szentesi, P ^b   Melzer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Caged compounds; DM nitrophen; Flash photolysis; L type calcium channel; Nifedipine; Skeletal muscle; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRYLAZO III; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NIFEDIPINE; NITROFEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0033958970     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004249900102     Document Type: Article

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