Protease treatment of cerebellar Purkinje cells renders ω-agatoxin IVA-sensitive Ca2+ channels insensitive to inhibition by ω-conotoxin GVIA

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 806-814

  Tringham, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Dupere, Jonathan R B ^a   Payne, C Elizabeth ^a,c   Usowicz, Maria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NeuroMed Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; MALE; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 38749143264     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.107.130641     Document Type: Article

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