The α9 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor shares pharmacological properties with type A γ-aminobutyric acid, glycine, and type 3 serotonin receptors

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 248-254

  Rothlin, Carla V ^a   Katz, Eleonora ^a,b   Verbitsky, Miguel ^a   Belen Elgoyhen A ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ACETYLCHOLINE; BICUCULLINE; CYSTEINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIGAND; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; TROPISETRON; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; BARIUM; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDO 1 PENTAACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; INDO-1 PENTAACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR CELL; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BARIUM; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EGTAZIC ACID; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; INDOLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; STRYCHNINE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032586945     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.55.2.248     Document Type: Article

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