Nicotine and alpha-bungarotoxin modify the dendritic growth of cholinoceptive neurons in the developing chick tectum

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Torrão, Andréa S ^a   Lindstrom, Jon M ^b   Britto, Luiz R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Nicotinic receptor; Optic tectum; Receptor subunit; Tectal development

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038402766     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(03)00109-3     Document Type: Article

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