Distribution of the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in the developing chick cerebellum

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Kaneko, Wendy M ^a   Britto, Luiz R G ^b   Lindstrom, Jon M ^c   Karten, Harvey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; Development; Embryonic; Granule cell; Neurotransmitter; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CEREBELLUM; CHICKENS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PURKINJE CELLS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0032515267     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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