The acetylcholine receptor ligand-gated channel as a molecular target of disease and therapeutic agents

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-400

  Barrantes, F J ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas Bahia Blanca   (Argentina)

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor pathology; channel diseases therapeutics; Nicotinic cholinoceptor

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATCH CLAMP; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0030936195     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027347424538     Document Type: Article

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