title: Low- and high-voltage-activated Ca2+ conductances in electrically excitable growth cones of chick dorsal root ganglion neurons.
abstract: Growth cone Ca2+ currents of chick dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons were recorded by a patch pipette located on the cell soma. Somatic and neuritic conductances were selectively blocked either with TTX and Cd2+ or by superfusing with isotonic sucrose using a laminar flow perfusion system. DRG growth cones were electrically excitable and growth cone Ca2+ currents were similar to Ca2+ currents described in DRG somata. In particular low-voltage-activated (LVA) Ca2+ conductances were well represented contrary to previous suggestions in other cell types.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Department of Neurophysiology, Planegg-Martinsried, F.R.G.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gottmann
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Lux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D020916:Conotoxins; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D020916:Conotoxins; D008978:Mollusk Venoms; C055407:conotoxin GV; D002118:Calcium