Prejunctional effects of the nicotinic ACh receptor agonist dimethylphenylpiperazinium at the rat neuromuscular junction

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 511, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 451-460

  Singh, Shila ^a   Prior, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; VECURONIUM; CALMODULIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; FACILITATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CALMODULIN; DIAPHRAGM; DIMETHYLPHENYLPIPERAZINIUM IODIDE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SULFONAMIDES; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 0032167967     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.451bh.x     Document Type: Article

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