Ultrastructural localization of the α4-subunit of the neuronal acetylcholine nicotinic receptor in the rat substantia nigra

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 6475-6487

  Del Mar Arroyo Jiménez, Maria ^a,b,c,e   Bourgeois, Jean Pierre ^a   Marubio, Lisa M ^a   Le Sourd, Anne Marie ^a   Ottersen, Ole Petter ^d   Rinvik, Eric ^d   Fairén, Alfonso ^b,c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e Universidad de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic nuclei; Immunogold; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal nAChR; Postsynaptic localization; Rat brain; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033173332     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-15-06475.1999     Document Type: Article

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