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8647721

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in spiral ganglion cells (SGCs) isolated from guinea pig cochlea were investigated using the patch-clamp technique in a whole-cell recording mode. The voltage-dependent Na+ and K+ currents were blocked by adding tetrodotoxin, 4-aminopyridine, and tetraethylammonium to the external solution and by using choline or Cs+ in the external and internal solutions instead of Na+ or K+, respectively. The depolarizing voltage steps evoked inward currents with slow current decay. The maximum amplitude of the inward current increased in a hyperbolic manner with increasing extracellular Ca2+ concentration, indicating that the inward current was a voltage-dependent Ca2+ current (ICa). In 5 mM Ca2+ external solution, the ICa activated from a membrane potential around -60 mV and reached full activation at about -10 mV. The ICa inactivated from about -60 mV and became fully inactivated at about O mV, consistent with the high-voltage-activated Ca2+ channel subtype. Ionic selectivities for Ca2+ channels in SGCs were as follows: Ca2+ > Ba2+ > Sr2+. Effects of both inorganic and organic Ca2+ antagonists also were examined. The inhibitory strength was as follows: La3+ > Cd2+ > Ni2+ > or = Co2+ for inorganic Ca2+ antagonists, and flunarizine > nicardipine > methoxyverapamil > diltiazem for organic ones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0378-5955
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels in the spiral ganglion cells of guinea pig cochlea.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't