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Light-activated compounds as probes for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

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Many small molecules, natural ones and synthetic ones, act on biological membranes by controlling ionic channels in the membrane. Our research has focused on the channel associated with the acetylcholine receptor in the postsynaptic membrane of the nicotinic synapse. For several decades this junction has provided advances in our understanding of synaptic transmission.

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  1. Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA

    Henry A. Lester, Mauri E. Krouse & Jeanne M. Nerbonne

  2. Department of Microbiology, Cancer Center/Institute of Cancer Research, New York, New York, 10032, USA

    Norbert H. Wassermann & Bernard F. Erlanger

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  1. National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK

    Nigel J. M. Birdsall

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Lester, H.A., Krouse, M.E., Nerbonne, J.M., Wassermann, N.H., Erlanger, B.F. (1981). Light-activated compounds as probes for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In: Birdsall, N.J.M. (eds) Drug Receptors and Their Effectors. Biological Council. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05555-5_10

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