The physiology of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and its importance in the administration of anesthesia

AANA Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 433-440

  Rossman, Amanda C ^a  

^a WellSpan Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetic effects on nAChR; Muscle type nAChR; nAChR structure; Neuronal type nachr; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SODIUM TRANSPORT;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 82155162273     PISSN: 00946354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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