Parallel increases in [α-125I]bungarotoxin binding and α7 nicotinic subunit immunoreactivity during the development of rat hippocampal neurons in culture

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Samuel, N ^a   Wonnacott, S ^a   Lindstrom, J ^b   Futerman, A H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

7 Nicotine acetylcholine receptor; 125I bungarotoxin binding; Cultured hippocampal neurons; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RADIOLIGAND; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0031042450     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13377-8     Document Type: Article

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