Nicotinic Receptor desensitization !

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Nicotinic Receptor desensitization !

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10/06/04 - 10:24 PM

Dear friends,
What(How) it makes nicotinic receptors desensitizaed very quickly upon
excessive stimulation :?:

Kazem
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10/08/04 - 08:14 PM

desensitized nicotinic AChRs are stabilized in their conformation by raised [Ca2+]i and that this phenomenon retards their recovery to full activity.
for more explanation visit the following link http://www.brjpharmacol.org/cgi/content/abstract/...

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