Inhibition of skeletal muscle nicotinic receptors by the atypical antipsychotic clozapine

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 662-669

  Nguyen, Q T ^a   Miledi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical antipsychotics; Clozapine; Neuromuscular junction; Nicotinic receptors; Voltage clamp; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; IC 50; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA PIPIENS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036240728     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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