Cevimeline enhances the excitability of rat superior salivatory neurons

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 267-269

  Ueda, Hirotaka ^a   Mitoh, Yoshihiro ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Kobashi, Motoi ^a   Yamashiro, Takashi ^a   Matsuo, Ryuji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cevimeline; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Superior salivatory neurons

Indexed keywords

CEVIMELINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

BRAIN SLICE; CHORDA TYMPANI; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LINGUAL NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINUCLIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SALIVATION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; THIOPHENES;

CHORDA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77749327669     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.56.267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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