Physostigmine blocked nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat sympathetic ganglion neurons

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 508-511

  Zheng, Jian Quan ^a   He, Xiang Ping ^a   Yang, Ai Zhen ^a   Liu, Chuan Gui ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; Nicotinic receptors; Patch clamp techniques; Physostigmine; Sympathetic ganglia

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030783536     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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