Voltage-activated calcium currents in octopus cells of the mouse cochlear nucleus

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-521

  Bal, Ramazan ^b   Oertel, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain slices; Cochlear nucleus; Hearing; Patch clamp; Voltage sensitive calcium channels

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL R TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; SODIUM; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM CURRENT; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MAMMAL CELL; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 35848958384     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-007-0091-x     Document Type: Article

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