The β subunit dominates the relaxation kinetics of heteromeric neuronal nicotinic receptors

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 524, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 685-699

  Figl, Antonio ^a   Cohen, Bruce N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA3BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; XENOPUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; RELAXATION TIME; SLOW MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; KINETICS; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEURONS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TEMPERATURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034194371     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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