Ca v2 channels mediate low and high voltage-activated calcium currents in Drosophila motoneurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 809-825

  Ryglewski, Stefanie ^a   Lance, Kimberly ^b   Levine, Richard B ^b   Duch, Carsten ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL FAMILY 1; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL FAMILY 2; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT CALCIUM CHANNEL FAMILY 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DMCA1A GENE; DMCA1D GENE; DMCAG GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIGH VOLTAGE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CURRENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW VOLTAGE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CURRENT; MALE; MEDIATOR; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 84856911516     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.222836     Document Type: Article

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