Purinoceptors in neuromuscular transmission

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-128

  Henning, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenosine; ATP; Neuromuscular transmission; Purinoceptors; Skeletal muscle; Suramin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PURINE RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SURAMIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030852828     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(97)00015-6     Document Type: Review

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