Reduced antinociception in mice lacking neuronal nicotinic receptor subunits

Nature

Volumn 398, Issue 6730, 1999, Pages 805-810

  Marubio, Lisa M ^a   Arroyo Jimenez, Maria Del Mar ^a,b   Cordero Erausquin, Matilde ^a   Léna, Clément ^a   Le Novère, Nicolas ^a   De Kerchove d'Exaerde, Alban ^a   Huchet, Monique ^a   Damaj, M Imad ^a,c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Dept de Anatomia Humana ^*  (Spain)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOT PLATE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; TAIL FLICK TEST; THALAMUS;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PAIN; PYRIDINES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033614401     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19756     Document Type: Article

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