Mice homozygous for the L250T mutation in the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor show increased neuronal apoptosis and die within 1 day of birth

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2154-2166

  Orr Urtreger, Avi ^a,b   Broide, Ron S ^a   Kasten, Michael R ^a   Dang, Hong ^a   Dani, John A ^a   Beaudet, Arthur L ^a   Patrick, James W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; Acetylcholine; Apoptosis; Cholinergic; Nicotine; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROANATOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; DEATH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034101820     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0742154.x     Document Type: Article

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