Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are blocked by intracellular spermine in a voltage-dependent manner

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4050-4062

  Haghighi, Ali Pejmun ^a   Cooper, Ellis ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b McIntyre Medical Building ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Inward rectification; Neuronal nAChRs; Presynaptic modulation; Single channel currents; Spermine; Sympathetic neurons; Voltage dependent block

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032100755     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04050.1998     Document Type: Article

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