Differential expression of voltage-activated calcium channels in III and XII motoneurones during development in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 903-913

  Miles, Gareth B ^a,b   Lipski, Janusz ^a   Lorier, Amanda R ^a   Laslo, Peter ^a   Funk, Gregory D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Hypoglossal motoneurone; Oculomotor motoneurone; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; NIFEDIPINE; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN; OMEGA AGATOXIN TK; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 4344661648     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03550.x     Document Type: Article

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