Comparison of the regional expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 mRNA and [125I]-α-bungarotoxin binding in human postmortem brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-398

  Breese, Charles R ^a   Adams, Catherine ^a   Logel, Judy ^b   Drebing, Carla ^a   Rollins, Yvonne ^a   Barnhart, Michelle ^b   Sullivan, Bernadette ^a   Demasters, Bette K ^a   Freedman, Robert ^a,b   Leonard, Sherry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; Human brain; Nicotinic receptor; Receptor autoradiography; Regional localization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MACACA RADIATA; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030884260     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971027)387:3<385::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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