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. 2004 Jan 14;555(Pt 3):769–782. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.058271

Table 1.

The relative contribution of HVA currents in the different neuroendocrine systems

	% of HVA currents				Experimental data

Reference	L	N	P/Q	R	sex	age/species/cell type	CC (mm)^a	T[°C]
Albillos et al. 1993	15–20	30	50–55	—	—	Adult/bovine/chromaffin	2/10 Ba²⁺	RT^d
Gandia et al. 1993	29	41	55	—	—	Adult/bovine/chromaffin	10 Ba²⁺	RT
Albillos et al. 1994	50	45	5	—	—	Adult/cat/chromaffin	10 Ba²⁺	RT
Hernandez-Guijo et al. 1998	48	26	53–63	—	—	Adult/mouse/chromaffin	2/10 Ba²⁺	RT
Gandia et al. 1995	48	31^b	51^b	—	—	Adult/rat/chromaffin	10 Ba²⁺	RT
Mansvelder et al. 1996	35	26	31	—	M	Adult/rat/melanotroph	13 Ba²⁺	RT
Ciranna et al. 1996	39	—	61	—	—	Juvenile/rat/melanotroph	2 Ca²⁺	RT
Kitamura et al. 1997	85	22	94	—	—	Adult/pig/chromaffin	5/10 Ca²⁺	RT
Gandia et al. 1998	25	21	60	—	F	Adult/human/chromaffin	10 Ba²⁺	RT
Mansvelder & Kits, 2000	21	30	53	—	M	Adult/rat/melanotroph	5 Ba²⁺	32–34
Glassmeier et al. 2001	49	—	40	24	F	Immortal line/rat/GH3	10 Ba²⁺	RT
Present paper	45	28	17	14	M/F	NB^c/mouse/melanotroph	10 Ba²⁺	29–31
Present paper	15	23	50	4	M/F	Adult/mouse/melanotroph	10 Ba²⁺	29–31
Present paper	42	26	20	14	M/F	NB/mouse/melanotroph	2 Ca²⁺	29–31
Present paper	23	27	29	—	M/F	Adult/mouse/melanotroph	2 Ca²⁺	29–31
Present paper	86	no data	no data	—	F	Pregnant/mouse/melanotroph	2 Ca²⁺	29–31

^a

CC = charge carrier;

^b

overlap in toxin sensitivities;

^c

NB = newborn;

^d

RT = room temperature.