NMDA-induced intrinsic voltage oscillations depend on L-type calcium channels in spinal motoneurons of adult turtles. J. Neurophysiol. 80: 3380-3382, 1998. In a slice preparation from adult turtles, bath-applied N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) induced rhythmic activity in spinal motoneurons. The underlying intrinsic oscillation in membrane potential was revealed in the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX...

The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a component of the reticular activating system (RAS), and is involved in the activated states of waking and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Gamma oscillations (approximately 30-80 Hz) are evident in all PPN neurons and are mediated by high-threshold voltage-dependent N- and P/Q-type calcium channels. We tested the hypothesis that high-speed calcium imaging ...

El Manira, A. and N. Bussières. Calcium channel subtypes in different modulators require further study. Characterization lamprey sensory and motor neurons. J. Neurophysiol. 78: 1334– of the types and properties of calcium channels in identified 1340, 1997. Pharmacologically distinct calcium channels have spinal cord neurons is necessary to provide insight into their been characterized in dissoc...

It has become generally accepted that presynaptic high voltage–activated N-type calcium channels located in the spinal dorsal horn are a validated clinical target for therapeutic interventions associated with severe intractable pain. Low voltage–activated (T-type) calcium channels play a number of critical roles in nervous system function, including controlling thalamocortical bursting behaviou...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Arachidonic acid (AA) and its metabolites are important endogenous lipid messengers. In this study, we test the effect of Leukotriene B4 (LTB4), a 5-lipoxygenase metabolite of AA, on L-type calcium channels in A7r5 rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells. METHODS L-type calcium channel currents were recorded by a patch-clamp technique. The mRNA expression of CaV1.2 was determi...

Low-voltage-activated T-type calcium channels act as a major pathway for calcium entry near the resting membrane potential in a wide range of neuronal cell types. Several reports have uncovered an unrecognized feature of T-type channels in the control of vesicular neurotransmitter and hormone release, a process so far thought to be mediated exclusively by high-voltage-activated calcium channels...

Ion channels are embedded in the lipid bilayer of cell membranes; therefore, it is not surprising that their functions can be modulated by membrane phospholipids and their metabolites. Over the last decade, a number of ion channels—including multiple types of potassium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels, and transient receptor potential channels—have been shown to be modulated by phosphol...

Ion channels are embedded in the lipid bilayer of cell membranes; therefore, it is not surprising that their functions can be modulated by membrane phospholipids and their metabolites. Over the last decade, a number of ion channels—including multiple types of potassium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels, and transient receptor potential channels—have been shown to be modulated by phosphol...

Ion channels are embedded in the lipid bilayer of cell membranes; therefore, it is not surprising that their functions can be modulated by membrane phospholipids and their metabolites. Over the last decade, a number of ion channels—including multiple types of potassium channels, voltage-gated calcium channels, and transient receptor potential channels—have been shown to be modulated by phosphol...