Hidden function of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β2 subunits in ganglionic transmission: Comparison to α5 and β4 subunits

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-177

  Wang, Ningshan ^a,c   Orr Urtreger, Avi ^a   Chapman, Joab ^a   Ergün, Yusuf ^b   Rabinowitz, Ruth ^a   Korczyn, Amos D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Fast excitatory postsynaptic potentials; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; ILEUM CONTRACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPIL; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 13444271963     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.11.050     Document Type: Article

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