Interactions of atropine with heterologously expressed and native α3 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 801-810

  Parker, Julie C ^a   Sarkar, Deboshree ^a   Quick, Michael W ^a,c   Lester, Robin A J ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Department of Neurobiology CIRC 560 ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Antagonist; Channel block; Choline; Ligand gated ion channel; Modulation; Potentiation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINE; ION CHANNEL; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HABENULA; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IC 50; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037350806     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705124     Document Type: Article

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