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Science 7 November 1980:
Vol. 210. no. 4470, pp. 647 - 650
DOI: 10.1126/science.7433991
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Science, Vol 210, Issue 4470, 647-650
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Stereospecific nicotine receptors on rat brain membranes

C Romano and A Goldstein

A stereospecific binding site for nicotine has been detected on rat brain membranes. Competition studies with cholinergic agonists suggest that this site is a nicotinic cholinergic receptor.


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