Nicotinic receptor abnormalities in the cerebellar cortex in autism

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1483-1495

  Lee, M ^a   Martin Ruiz, C ^a   Graham, A ^a   Court, J ^a   Jaros, E ^b   Perry, R ^b   Iversen, P ^c   Bauman, M ^d   Perry, E ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Cure Autism Now Foundation   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebellum; Cholinergic system; Muscarinic receptors; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPIBATIDINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURKINJE CELL; RECEPTOR BINDING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036310086     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf160     Document Type: Article

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