5-Hydroxytryptamine blocks the fetal more potently than the adult mouse muscle acetylcholine receptor

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 903-909

  Grassi, Francesca ^a  

^a Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Adult acetylcholine receptor; Fetal acetylcholine receptor; Mouse muscle; Open channel block; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0032899674     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050861     Document Type: Article

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