Actions of veratridine on tetrodotoxin-sensitive voltage-gated Na+ currents, NaV1.6, in murine vas deferens myocytes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1483-1493

  Zhu, Hai Lei ^a   Wassall, Richard D ^b   Takai, Maki ^a   Morinaga, Hidetaka ^a   Nomura, Masatoshi ^a   Cunnane, Thomas C ^b   Teramoto, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel enhancer; Dual action; NaV1.6; Smooth muscle type Na+ channels; Tetrodotoxin; Veratridine

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRIDINE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL NAV 1.6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPOLARIZATION; SODIUM CURRENT; VAS DEFERENS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN; VAS DEFERENS; VERATRIDINE;

EID: 70350344962     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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