Effect of gap junction blocker β-glycyrrhetinic acid on taste disk cells in frog

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-512

  Sato, Toshihide ^a   Nishishita, Kazuhisa ^a   Okada, Yukio ^a   Toda, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depolarizing response profile; Frog taste disk cell; Gap junction blocker; Gap junction hemichannel; Membrane resistance increase

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FROG; GAP JUNCTION; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RANA CATESBEIANA; TASTE; TASTE BUDS;

ANURA;

EID: 67449133534     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-008-9342-6     Document Type: Article

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