Apical and basal neurones isolated from the mouse vomeronasal organ differ for voltage-dependent currents

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 552, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-436

  Fieni, Francesca ^a   Ghiaroni, Valeria ^a   Tirindelli, Roberto ^b   Pietra, Pierangelo ^a   Bigiani, Albertino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; PHEROMONE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; PHEROMONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN V2R2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; ADULT; APICAL NERVE CELL; BASAL NERVE CELL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL SIZE; CHANNEL GATING; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CURRENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0142181034     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.052035     Document Type: Article

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