Potency of agonists and competitive antagonists on adult- and fetal-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-50

  Winegar, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agonists; Extrajunctional receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Nondepolarizing muscle relaxants; Oocytes; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM IODIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYSTINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031049963     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026325020191     Document Type: Article

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