Expression of α4-1 and α5 nicotinic cholinoceptor mRNA in the aging rat cerebral cortex

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-342

  Birtsch, C ^a   Wevers, A ^a   Traber, J ^b   Maelicke, A ^c   Bloch, W ^a   Schroder H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral cortex; Digoxigenin; In situ hybridization; Nicotine acetylcholine receptor; Nonisotopic; Rat brain; Riboprobe; Subunits; 4 1; 5

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RNA PROBE;

EID: 0030832531     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(97)80316-8     Document Type: Article

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