Functional expression of muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat forebrain neurons in vitro

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-66

  Santos, S ^a   Aizenman, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate; Central nervous system; Muscle; Neurons; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Tissue culture; Transfection

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CARBACHOL; COBROTOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; LIGAND; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; ION CURRENT; LIGAND BINDING; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0036231504     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2002.24.2.677127     Document Type: Article

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