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Preferred term

Receptors, Nicotinic  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • One of the two major classes of cholinergic receptors. Nicotinic receptors were originally distinguished by their preference for NICOTINE over MUSCARINE. They are generally divided into muscle-type and neuronal-type (previously ganglionic) based on pharmacology, and subunit composition of the receptors.

Entry terms

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
  • Nicotinic Receptor
  • Nicotinic Receptors

In other languages

  • French

  • Récepteur nicotinique
  • Récepteur nicotinique de l'acétylcholine
  • Récepteurs cholinergiques de type nicotinique
  • Récepteurs cholinergiques nicotiniques
  • Récepteurs nicotiniques à l'acétylcholine
  • Récepteurs nicotiniques de l'acétylcholine

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V4MLQWLR-T

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