Molecular diversity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 868, Issue , 1999, Pages 565-577

  McGehee, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHANNEL GATING; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032970572     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb11330.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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