New functions for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Steinlein, Ortrud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frontal lobe epilepsy; Low voltage EEG; Neonatal convulsions; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0032168607     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00207-6     Document Type: Article

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