Mediators and Transmitters
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British Journal of Pharmacology (2006) 147, S120–S126. doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706474
Acetylcholine
David A Brown1
1Department of Pharmacology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Correspondence: David A. Brown, E-mail: d.a.brown@ucl.ac.uk
Abstract
This article traces the development of knowledge about the physiology and pharmacology of acetylcholine and its receptors between 1930 and 2005, with emphasis on contributions by members of the British Pharmacological Society, and by other British pharmacologists and physiologists.
Keywords:
Nicotinic receptors, muscarinic receptors, acetylcholine release
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