The distribution of calcium channel cav1.3 in the central nervous system and its functions in relation to motor control

Calcium Channels: Properties, Functions and Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-48

  Zhang, Mengliang ^a,b   Hultborn, Hans ^a   Sukiasyan, Natalya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alpha 1d Subunit; Antibody; Immunohistochemistry; L type calcium channel; Persistent inward current

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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