Ionic selectivity of mechanically activated channels in spider mechanoreceptor neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2079-2085

  Höger, Ulli ^b   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^b   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^b   French, Andrew S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; CATION; CHOLINE; GADOLINIUM; ION CHANNEL; LITHIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0343886049     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.2079     Document Type: Article

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