ST/b and DBA/2 mice differ in brain α-bungarotoxin binding and α7 nicotinic receptor subunit mRNA levels: A quantitative autoradiographic analysis

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 207-222

  Marks, Michael J ^a   Pauly, James R ^b   Grun, Elizabeth Ullman ^a   Collins, Allan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hybridization; In situ; Neuroanatomy; Nicotinic receptor; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; BRAIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE; SEIZURE SUSCEPTIBILITY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030008628     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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