Subcellular distribution of low-voltage activated T-Type Ca2+ channel subunits (Cav3.1 and Cav3.3) in reticular thalamic neurons of the cat

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 448-460

  Kovács, Krisztina ^a,b   Sík, Attila ^a,b   Ricketts, Christopher ^b   Timofeev, Igor ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Dendrite; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Ion channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PEROXIDASE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETICULUM CELL; SOMATIC CELL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; CATS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 74049154806     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22200     Document Type: Article

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