Physiological characterization of human muscle acetylcholine receptors from ALS patients

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 20184-20188

  Palma, Eleonora ^a,b   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a   Conti, Luca ^a   Deflorio, Cristina ^a   Frasca, Vittorio ^a   Manteca, Alessia ^a   Pichiorri, Floriana ^a   Roseti, Cristina ^a,b   Torchia, Gregorio ^a   Limatola, Cristina ^a   Grassi, Francesca ^a   Miledid, Ricardo ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Patch clamp; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GALANTAMINE; NICOTINE; RILUZOLE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MYOTUBE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; XENOPUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RILUZOLE; XENOPUS;

EID: 84055224150     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117975108     Document Type: Article

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