Calmodulin antagonists suppress gap junction coupling in isolated Hensen cells of the guinea pig cochlea

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 446, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-41

  Blödow, Alexander ^a   Ngezahayo, Anaclet ^a   Ernst, Arne ^b   Kolb, Hans Albert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UKB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calmodulin antagonists; Cochlea; Double whole cell patch clamp; Gap junctions; Hensen cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; FURA 2; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHANNEL GATING; CHELATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAP JUNCTION; GUINEA PIG; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037623211     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-1004-9     Document Type: Article

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