Understanding of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-655

  Wu, Jie ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

CHINA; HUMANS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 67549119453     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2009.89     Document Type: Editorial

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