The channel opening rate of adult- and fetal-type mouse muscle nicotinic receptors activated by acetylcholine

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-72

  Maconochie, David J ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; ION CURRENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FETUS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOUSE; OUTSIDE OUT PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; QUAIL; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031973994     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.053bx.x     Document Type: Article

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