N-arachidonoyl L-serine, a putative endocannabinoid, alters the activation of N-type Ca2+ channels in sympathetic neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1147-1151

  Guo, Juan ^a   Williams, Damian J ^a   Ikeda, Stephen R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL N TYPE; ENDOCANNABINOID; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; N ARACHIDONOYL L SERINE; SERINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ARACHIDONOYL L-SERINE; NORADRENALIN; PICROTOXIN; SERINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; WHOLE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERINE; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 55249125904     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01204.2007     Document Type: Article

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