The efficacy of agonists at the frog neuromuscular junction studied with single channel recording
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
- Vol. 399 (3) , 246-248
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00656725
Abstract
The efficacy of acetylcholine, carbachol and suberyldicholine at the frog neuromuscular junction was estimated by single channel recording. The probability of channel opening at high concentration was found to be >0.9 for each, thus showing (a) that their efficacy is high and (b) that the opening rate for the fully-liganded channel is higher than previously thought.Keywords
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