Functional evaluation of inhibition of autonomic transmitter release by autoantibody from Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 677-680

  Houzen, Hideki ^a   Hattori, Yuichi ^a   Kanno, Morio ^a   Kikuchi, Seiji ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^a   Motomura, Masakatsu ^b   Nakao, Youko ^b   Nakamura, Tatsufumi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AUTOANTIBODY; CALCIUM CHANNEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NORADRENALIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM TENIA; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ION CHANNEL GATING; LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; OMEGA-AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA-CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA-CONOTOXINS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 0031956144     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430520     Document Type: Article

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