Fractional Ca2+ current through human neuronal α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Cell Calcium

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Fucile, Sergio ^a,b   Renzi, Massimiliano ^a   Lax, Pedro ^a   Eusebi, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Scienze Internistiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 hydroxyindole; Fractional Ca+ current; GH4C1 cells; 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FURA 2; MUTANT PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037744578     PISSN: 01434160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4160(03)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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