Differential expression of α 2-7, α9 and β2-4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNA in the vestibular end-organs and Scarpa's ganglia of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 778, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 409-413

  Anderson, Amy D ^a   Troyanovskaya, Marta ^a   Wackym, Phillip A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crista; Efferent; Hair cell; Macula; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; RT PCR; Scarpa's ganglion; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EFFERENT NERVE; GENETICS; HAIR CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0031578578     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01121-9     Document Type: Article

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