Glycine receptors containing the α4 subunit in the embryonic sympathetic nervous system, spinal cord and male genital ridge

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 994-1001

  Harvey, Robert J ^a,d   Schmieden, Volker ^b   Von Holst, Alexander ^c   Laube, Bodo ^a   Rohrer, Hermann ^a   Betz, Heinrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; Excitatory glycine receptor; Glial cells; In situ hybridization; Sex cords

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; STRYCHNINE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMAL CELL; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034075940     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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