Low-threshold-activated Ca channels: From molecules to functions: Over 25 years of progress

Critical Reviews in Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 169-178

  Feltz, Anne ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense strategy; Calcium microfluorometry; Dorsal root ganglion; Purkinje cell; Two photon microscopy; Voltage dependent Ca channels

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; ETHOSUXIMIDE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; ZONISAMIDE;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MIGRAINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTONEURON; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SNAIL;

EID: 36649029898     PISSN: 08920915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevNeurobiol.v18.i1-2.170     Document Type: Review

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