Nicotinic receptors in the development and modulation of CNS synapses

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1077-1085

  Role, Lorna W ^a   Berg, Darwin K ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOPAMINE RELEASE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030175612     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80134-8     Document Type: Review

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