Release of acetylcholine from embryonic myocytes in Xenopus cell cultures

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 509, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 497-506

  Fu, Wen Mei ^a   Liou, Houng Chi ^a   Chen, Yu Hwa ^a   Wang, Seu Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MEPACRINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RINGER SOLUTION; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE; VESAMICOL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; COCULTURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MYOTOME; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEART; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLES; MYOCARDIUM; NEURONS; PIPERIDINES; QUINACRINE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPINAL CORD; TUBOCURARINE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032101893     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.497bn.x     Document Type: Article

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