The expression of GABAA receptor subunits in the substantia nigra is developmentally regulated and region-specific

Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 205-210

  Veliskova J ^a   Kubova H ^b   Friedman, L K ^a   Wu, R ^a   Sperber, E F ^a   Zukin, R S ^a   Moshe S L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Development; Epilepsy; GABAA receptor subunits; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032129456     PISSN: 03920461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02427602     Document Type: Article

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