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Adenosine Triphosphate: ‘Pre-transmitter’, Co-transmitter or Modulator at the Skeletal Muscle?

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Receptor-Receptor Interactions

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Abstract

Burnstock (1982) has summarized evidence suggesting that adenosine triphosphate (ATP) acts as a co-transmitter or neuromodulator in a variety of tissues. This paper concerns ATP and the neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle and also the embryonic muscle cell, represented by cultured myotubes.

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    Kjell Fuxe

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    Luigi F. Agnati

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Heilbronn, E., Häggblad, J. (1987). Adenosine Triphosphate: ‘Pre-transmitter’, Co-transmitter or Modulator at the Skeletal Muscle?. In: Fuxe, K., Agnati, L.F. (eds) Receptor-Receptor Interactions. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5415-4_28

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