Enhancement of neuronal nicotinic receptor activity of rat chromaffin cells by a novel class of peptides

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 971, Issue , 2002, Pages 100-107

  Nistri, Andrea ^a   Di Angelantonio, Silvia ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CGRP fragments; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs); Nicotine; Rat chromaffin cells

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037024542     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04443.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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