Role of cholesterol as a structural and functional effector of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

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  title={Role of cholesterol as a structural and functional effector of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.},
  author={Gregorio Fern{\'a}ndez-Ballester and Jose Castresana and A. M. Fern{\'a}ndez and Jos{\'e} L. R. Arrondo and Jos{\'e} Antonio Ferragut and Jos{\'e} Manuel Gonz{\'a}lez-Ros},
  journal={Biochemical Society transactions},
  year={1994},
  volume={22 3},
  pages={
          776-80
        }
}
776 Role of cholesterol as a structural and functional effector of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor Gregorio Fernandez-Ballester*, Jose Castresanat, Asia M. Fernandez*, Jose-Luis R. Arrondot, Jose A. Ferragut* and Jose M. Gonzalez-Ros*$ *Department of Neurochemistry and Institute of Neurosciences, University of Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain and tDepartrnent of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 
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