Critical elements determining diversity in agonist binding and desensitization of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 648-657

  Corringer, Pierre Jean ^a   Bertrand, Sonia ^b   Bohler, Sébastien ^a   Edelstein, Stuart J ^c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre Médical Universitaire   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Chimera; Desensitization; Neuronal; Nicotinic receptor; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOMERISM; LIGAND BINDING; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION;

EID: 0031972835     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-02-00648.1998     Document Type: Article

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