Rat arteries contain multiple nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α-subunits

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 2095-2099

  Brüggmann, Dörthe ^a   Lips, Katrin S ^a   Pfeil, Uwe ^a   Haberberger, Rainer V ^a   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Cholinergic receptors; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037470682     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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