The GABAA receptor complex in the chicken brain: Immunocytochemical distribution of α1- and γ2-subunits and autoradiographic distribution of BZ1 and BZ2 binding sites

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Aller, Maria Isabel ^a   Paniagua, Miguel Angel ^a   Pollard, Simon ^b   Stephenson, F Anne ^b   Fernandez Lopez, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3H flunitrazepam; CL218872; Polyclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 6 (3 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[4,3 B]PYRIDAZINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRITIUM;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHICKENS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0037258378     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(02)00071-6     Document Type: Article

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