α-Conotoxin AuIB selectively blocks α3β4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and nicotine-evoked norepinephrine release

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8571-8579

  Luo, Siqin ^a   Kulak, Jennifer M ^a   Edward Cartier, G ^a   Jacobsen, Richard B ^a   Yoshikami, Doju ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^a   Michael McIntosh, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Hippocampus; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Norepinephrine; Striatum; Synaptosomes; Xe nopus oocytes; conotoxin; 3 4

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN AUIB; CONOTOXIN; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SNAIL VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OOCYTE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032213318     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08571.1998     Document Type: Article

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