Expression of adenosine A2a receptors gene in the olfactory bulb and spinal cord of rat and mouse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-191

  Kaelin Lang, Alain ^a   Lauterburg, Theres ^a   Burgunder, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A2a receptors; Mouse; Olfactory bulb; Purinergic receptors; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SMELLING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033582539     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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