Abnormal transmitter release at neuromuscular junctions of mice carrying the tottering α(1A) Ca2+ channel mutation

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 463-471

  Plomp, Jaap J ^a   Vergouwe, Monique N ^a   Van Den Maagdenberg, Arn M ^a   Ferrari, Michel D ^a   Frants, Rune R ^a   Molenaar, Peter C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Migraine; Neuromuscular junction; P Q type calcium channel; Tottering mouse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; GENE MUTATION; MICROELECTRODE; MIGRAINE; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, Q-TYPE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033981451     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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