A population of nicotinic receptors is associated with thalamocortical afferents in the adult rat: Laminal and areal analysis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-190

  Lavine, Natalie ^a   Reuben, Melanie ^a   Clarke, Paul B S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; cerebral cortex; cholinergic; nicotine; thalamus

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORY NERVE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031003735     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970407)380:2<175::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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