Maturation of postsynaptic nicotinic structures on autonomic neurons requires innervation but not cholinergic transmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Kaiser, Sergio ^a   Blank, Martina ^a   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Chick; Ciliary; Receptor; Spine

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TARGET ORGAN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; CHICK EMBRYO; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036458806     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02050.x     Document Type: Article

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