Extrasynaptic α7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in developing neurons is regulated by inputs, targets, and activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 8101-8109

  Brumwell, Craig L ^a,b   Johnson, James L ^a,c   Jacob, Michele H ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Tri City Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliary ganglion; Electrical activity; Induction; Innervation; nAChR; Neuron; Neuron specific gene expression; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Synapse formation; Target tissue interactions; Visual deprivation; 3; 7

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE INTERACTION; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0037107166     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-18-08101.2002     Document Type: Article

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