Intracellular calcium transients mediated by P2 receptors in the paranodal Schwann cell region of myelinated rat spinal root axons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-52

  Mayer, C ^a   Wachtler J ^a   Kamleiter, M ^a   Grafe, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium Green; confocal microscopy; Fura Red; intracellular calcium; myelinated nerve; P2 receptor; paranode; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL ROOT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AXONS; BENZOFURANS; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMIDAZOLES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

EID: 0342617531     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13457-7     Document Type: Article

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