Neurobiology: Building acetylcholine receptors
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Acetylcholine Receptors
The number of extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors ((125)I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin binding sites) per unit length of muscle fiber and the average fiber circumference were determined for rat diaphragm muscle fibers denervated 0, 2, 4, 7, 10, and 14 days. From these data receptor densities (sites per square micrometer of surface) were calculated. Values thus obtained were considerably lower...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/307597b0