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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-11-21
pubmed:abstractText
High-threshold Ca2+ current triggers neurotransmitter release, but the existence, significance, and correct identification of different types of high-threshold Ca2+ channels remain controversial. We show selective inhibition of a rapidly inactivating component of high-threshold Ca2+ current in rat sensory neurons by bursts of brief pulses that mimic trains of action potentials and by prolonged depolarization just above the normal rest potential. In contrast, a slowly inactivating component decreases only when sufficient Ca2+ accumulates within the cell. Thus, there are physiologically important differences: whereas availability of the transient component depends on the value of the rest potential and the pattern of a prior stimulus, the sustained component seems to provide a baseline level of voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry that is lost only when intracellular Ca2+ rises.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0896-6273
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
445-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Two components of high-threshold Ca2+ current inactivate by different mechanisms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't