Expression of calcium channel Cav1.3 in cat spinal cord: Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1109-1127

  Zhang, Mengliang ^a   Møller, Morten ^a   Broman, Jonas ^b   Sukiasyan, Natalya ^a   Wienecke, Jacob ^a   Hultborn, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha 1D subunit; Immunohistochemistry; L type calcium channel; Persistent inward current; Plateau potential; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LABELING INDEX; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 38949124414     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21595     Document Type: Article

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