Developmental expression of nicotinic receptors in the chick and human spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-99

  Keiger, C Jane H ^a,b   Prevette, David ^b   Conroy, William G ^c   Oppenheim, Ronald W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Lynx1; Motor neuron; Neuromuscular junction; Nicotine; Programmed cell death; Skeletal muscle; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0037211658     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10468     Document Type: Article

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