A method for bidirectional solution exchange-" Liquid bullet" applications of acetylcholine to α7 nicotinic receptors

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-33

  Fedorov, Nikolai ^a   Benson, Lisa ^a   Graef, John D ^a   Hyman, Jeremy ^a   Sollenberger, Jill ^a   Pettersson, Fredrik ^b   Lippiello, Patrick M ^a   Bencherif, Merouane ^a  

^a TARGACEPT INC   (United States)

^b Veprox AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha7 ( 7); Frequency; Nicotinic receptors; Solution exchange; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DESENSITIZING AGENT;

AGONIST; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION EXCHANGE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857588842     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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