Ethanol stabilizes the open channel state of the Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

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Published in Mol Pharmacol on January 01, 1994

Authors

G Wu1, P H Tonner, K W Miller

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02115.

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