Relating neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes defined by subunit composition and channel function

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 311-324

  Nai, Qiang ^a   Michael McIntosh, J ^b   Margiotta, Joseph F ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYLIDENE)ANABASEINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CONOTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BENZYLIDENE COMPOUNDS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CONOTOXINS; KINETICS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0037311236     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.2.311     Document Type: Article

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