Agmatine blocked voltage-gated calcium channel in cultured rat hippocampal neurons

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 746-750

  Weng, Xie Chuan ^a   Gai, Xiao Dan ^a   Zheng, Jian Quan ^a   Li, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Calcium channels; Hippocampus; Neurons; Patch clamp techniques

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IC 50; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SODIUM CURRENT;

AGMATINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0038486524     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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