Distribution of mRNA for the α4 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the human fetal brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 123-131

  Agulhon, Cendra ^a   Charnay, Yves ^a   Vallet, Philippe ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^b   Malafosse, Alain ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4 subunit; Anatomical localization; Fragile X syndrome; Human fetal brain; In situ hybridization; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLAUSTRUM; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FETUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR GENE; SUBICULUM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; FETUS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0032527248     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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