Comparison of nicotinic receptor binding and biotransformation of coniine in the rat and chick

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Forsyth, Carol S ^a   Speth, Robert C ^b   Wecker, Lynn ^c   Galey, Francis D ^d   Frank, Anthony A ^e  

^a Health Sciences Research Division   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

antagonist; arthrogryposis; biotransformation; chick model; coniine; nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CONIINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRIMETAPHAN; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; EMBRYO; FETUS; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TERATOGENICITY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ALKALOIDS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030608494     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(96)03804-0     Document Type: Article

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