Calcium-activated chloride channels in the apical region of mouse vomeronasal sensory neurons

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-15

  Dibattista, Michele ^a,c   Amjad, Asma ^a   Maurya, Devendra Kumar ^a   Sagheddu, Claudia ^a   Montani, Giorgia ^b   Tirindelli, Roberto ^b   Menini, Anna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2 NITRO 4,5 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS((OXYCARBONYL)METHYL) 1,2 ETHANEDIAMINE; 1-(2-NITRO-4,5-DIMETHOXYPHENYL)-N,N,N',N'-TETRAKIS((OXYCARBONYL)METHYL)-1,2-ETHANEDIAMINE; 4,4' DIISOTHIOCYANATOSTILBENE 2,2' DISULFONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; NIFLUMIC ACID; TMEM16A PROTEIN, MOUSE; TMEM16B PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C; TRPC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; PATCH CLAMP; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

4,4'-DIISOTHIOCYANOSTILBENE-2,2'-DISULFONIC ACID; ACETIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHELATING AGENTS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICROVILLI; NIFLUMIC ACID; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTOLYSIS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRPC CATION CHANNELS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84863993317     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201210780     Document Type: Article

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