Dye and Electric Coupling between Carotid Nerve Terminals and Glomus Cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 536, Issue , 2002, Pages 247-253

  Jiang, R G ^a   Eyzaguirre, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CAROTID BODY; CAROTID SINUS NERVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CAROTID BODY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; GLOMUS;

EID: 0344688362     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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