Effects of WEB 1881 FU, a Novel Nootropic, on Cholinergic and Adrenergic Receptors in the Rat Brain: Action on M1-Muscarinic Receptors

the japanese journal of pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 597-607

  Kitamura, Yoshihisa ^a   Hayashi, Shiho ^a   Nomura, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYANOPINDOLOL; HOPANTENATE CALCIUM; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; NEBRACETAM FUMARATE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OTENZEPAD; OXOTREMORINE; PHENTOLAMINE; PIRENZEPINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; RADIOISOTOPE; RAUWOLSCINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DRUG CONCENTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IN VITRO; IODOCYANOPINDOLOL; KINETICS; MALE; NICOTINE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PINDOLOL; PIRENZEPINE; PRAZOSIN; PYRROLIDINONES; QUINUCLIDINYL BENZILATE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; THIONUCLEOTIDES; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0025215460     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.52.597     Document Type: Article

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