6-Hydroxydopamine lesion of rat nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons differentially affects nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNA expression

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-260

  Elliott, Kathryn J ^b   Jones, Jay M ^a,b   Sacaan, Aida I ^a,b   Lloyd, G Kenneth ^a,b   Corey Naeve, Janis ^a,b  

^a Aurora Biosciences Corporation   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydopamine; Cholinergic receptor; Dopaminergic; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Nigrostriatal; Parkinson's disease; RT PCR; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031781425     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02761778     Document Type: Article

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