Pharmacology of N-, L-, and B-subtypes of nematode nAChR resolved at the single-channel level in Ascaris suum

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Qian, Hai ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a   Robertson, Alan P ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACh receptor; Anthelmintic; Levamisole; Nicotinic; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

2 DESOXOPARAHERQUAMIDE; BEPHENIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LEVAMISOLE; PARAHERQUAMIDE; 2 DESOXOPARAHERQUAMIDE A; 2-DESOXOPARAHERQUAMIDE A; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; INDOLIZINE DERIVATIVE; METYRIDINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SPIRO COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CONDUCTANCE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM;

ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS SUUM; BEPHENIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INDOLIZINES; LEVAMISOLE; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPIRO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33845611466     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6264fje     Document Type: Article

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