Rapsyn clusters neuronal acetylcholine receptors but is inessential for formation of an interneuronal cholinergic synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4166-4176

  Feng, Guoping ^a   Steinbach, Joe Henry ^b   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Knock out; Mouse; Postsynaptic; Rapsyn; Superior cervical ganglion; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032100779     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-11-04166.1998     Document Type: Article

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