Muscarinic cholinergic receptor subtypes expression by human placenta

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 208-212

  Tayebati, Seyed Khosrow ^a   Sabbatini, Maurizio ^a   Zaccheo, Damiano ^b   Amenta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

human placenta; M1 receptor; M2 receptor; M3 receptor; M4 receptor; muscarinic cholinergic receptors; radioligand binding assay

Indexed keywords

METHYLSCOPOLAMINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RADIOLIGAND; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0031014001     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13311-5     Document Type: Article

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