Receptor targeting and heterogeneity at interneuronal nicotinic cholinergic synapses in vivo

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 525, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Temburni, Murali Krishna ^a   Blitzblau, Rachel C ^a   Jacob, Michele H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; CHIMERA; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CILIARY GANGLION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034658601     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00021.x     Document Type: Review

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