Human α4β2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in HEK 293 cells: A patch-clamp study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7880-7891

  Buisson, Bruno ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Murali ^b   Arneric, Stephen P ^b   Sullivan, James P ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; human; neuronal; nicotinic; receptor; 4 2

Indexed keywords

3 (2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYLIDENE)ANABASEINE; 3 METHYL 5 (1 METHYL 2 PYRROLIDINYL)ISOXAZOLE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANABASINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYTISINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM; ION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ION CURRENT; ION PERMEABILITY; KIDNEY CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CALCIUM; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; IONS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029658739     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-24-07880.1996     Document Type: Article

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