Properties of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: Pharmacological characterization and modulation of synaptic function

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1117-1136

  Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,b   Alkondon, Manickavasagom ^a   Pereira, Edna F R ^a   Castro, Newton G ^b   Schrattenholz, Andre ^c   Barbosa, Catão T F ^a,b   Bonfante Cabarcas, Rafael ^a,b   Aracava, Yasco ^b   Eisenberg, Howard M ^a   Maelicke, Alfred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BENZOQUINONIUM; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CODEINE; CYSTINE; EPIBATIDINE; GALANTAMINE; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; ION CURRENT; LIGAND BINDING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

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