Subunit and region-specific decreases in nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA in the aged rat brain

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Ferrari, Rosaria ^a,b   Pedrazzi, Patrizia ^a,b   Algeri, Sergio ^c   Agnati, Luigi F ^a,b   Zoli, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Interuniversity Center for the Study of Aging   (Italy)

^c Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Binding; Epibatidine; In situ hybridization; mRNA; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Rat; Bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0032811944     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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