Effect of thymol on kinetic properties of Ca and K currents in rat skeletal muscle

BMC Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Szentandrássy, Norbert ^a   Szentesi, Péter ^a   Magyar, János ^a   Nánási, Peter ^a   Csernoch, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION; THYMOL; ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; THYMOL;

EID: 0642307024     PISSN: 14712210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2210-3-9     Document Type: Article

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