Hexamethonium- and methyllycaconitine-induced changes in acetylcholine release from rat motor nerve terminals

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1025-1034

  Tian, Lijun ^a,b   Prior, Chris ^a   Dempster, John ^a   Marshall, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Hexamethonium; Methyllycaconitine; Neuromuscular junction; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Quantal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; HEXAMETHONIUM; ION CHANNEL; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITINE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEXAMETHONIUM; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030809855     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701481     Document Type: Article

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