Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA in the adult rat peripheral vestibular system

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-352

  Hiel, Hakim ^a   Elgoyhen, Ana B ^b   Drescher, Dennis G ^c   Morley, Barbara J ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacologicas   (Argentina)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

efferent; hair cell; hybridization, in situ; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Scarpa's ganglion; vestibular

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030569350     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01046-3     Document Type: Article

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