The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit α5 mediates short-term effects of nicotine in vivo

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1059-1066

  Salas, Ramiro ^a   Orr Urtreger, Avi ^a,b   Broide, Ron S ^a,c   Beaudet, Arthur ^a   Paylor, Richard ^a   De Biasi, Mariella ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Neurome Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; TOBACCO; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NICOTINE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEIZURES;

EID: 0037731430     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.63.5.1059     Document Type: Article

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