How electric fish became sources of acetylcholine receptor

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-164

  Keesey, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Electric fish; Electrophorus; Fritsch; Motor endplate; Myasthenia gravis; Nachmansohn; Neuromuscular junction; Torpedo

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MUSCLES; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 21244483066     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096470490512599     Document Type: Review

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