Low levels of mRNA for dopamine D4 receptor in human cerebral cortex and striatum

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 915-919

  Matsumoto, Mitsuyuki ^a   Hidaka, Kazuyuki ^a   Tada, Shoko ^a   Tasaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Yamaguchi, Tokio ^a  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Competitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Dopamine D4 receptor; Human brain; Northern blot analysis; Striatum

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030041123     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66030915.x     Document Type: Article

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