Sera from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients reduce high-voltage activated Ca2+ currents in mice dorsal root ganglion neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-72

  Dun Yan, Hai ^a   Lim, Wonil ^a   Woo Lee, Kwang ^a   Kim, Jun ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amyotropic lateral sclerosis; Dorsal root ganglion neuron; High voltage activated calcium current; Mouse; Passive transfer; Whole cell clamp

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0343907235     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00720-9     Document Type: Article

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