Ionic currents in hair cells dissociated from frog semicircular canals after preconditioning under microgravity conditions

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Martini, Marta ^a   Canella, Rita ^a   Leparulo, Alessandro ^a   Prigioni, Ivo ^b   Fesce, Riccardo ^c   Rossi, Maria Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Ionic currents; Labyrinth; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HAIR CELL; KINETICS; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RANA ESCULENTA; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 66149120576     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90981.2008     Document Type: Article

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