One GABA and two acetylcholine receptors function at the C. elegans neuromuscular junction

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 791-798

  Richmond, Janet E ^a   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENOME; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; GENES, HELMINTH; LEVAMISOLE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NICOTINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0033361969     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12160     Document Type: Article

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