Evidence for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on nasal trigeminal nerve endings of the rat

Chemical Senses

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-66

  Alimohammadi, Hessamedin ^a   Silver, Wayne L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANONE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0033950826     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/25.1.61     Document Type: Article

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