Open channel and competitive block of the embryonic form of the nicotinic receptor of mouse myotubes by (+)-tubocurarine

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-95

  Bufler, J ^a   Wilhelm, R ^a   Parnas, H ^b   Franke, Ch ^a   Dudel, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CURRENT; MOUSE; MYOTUBE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0029843310     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021575     Document Type: Article

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