Calcium concentration changes during sensory transduction in spider mechanoreceptor neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3171-3178

  Höger, Ulli ^a   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^a   French, Andrew S ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Fluorescence; Invertebrate; Mechanosensory; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; THAPSIGARGIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIDER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; IONOMYCIN; IONOPHORES; MECHANORECEPTORS; NEURONS; NICKEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIDERS; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 29344465069     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04506.x     Document Type: Article

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