Postnatal changes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α2, α3, α4, α7 and β2 subunits genes expression in rat brain

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 507-518

  Zhang, Xiao ^a   Liu, Chuan ^a,b   Miao, Hui ^a   Gong, Ze Hui ^a,c   Nordberg, Agneta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Nicotinic receptor binding sites; Postnatal development; Subunit mRNA

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM; BUNGAROTOXINS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; THALAMUS; TRITIUM;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031731788     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(98)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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