The removal of acetylcholine by diffusion at nicotinic synapses in the rat otic ganglion

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 505, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-175

  Callister, Robert J ^a   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATROPINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; GANGLION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; BIOACCUMULATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0030783286     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.165bc.x     Document Type: Article

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