The unusual nature of epibatidine responses at the α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2561-2569

  Buisson, Bruno ^a   Vallejo, Yolanda F ^b   Green, William N ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a Medical Faculty   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epibatidine; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptor; Upregulation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PARTIAL AGONIST;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG POTENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA; ION CHANNEL GATING; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033814977     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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