Neuronal nicotinic receptors: Insights gained from gene knockout and knockin mutant mice

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1267-1280

  Drago, J ^a   McColl, C D ^a,b   Horne, M K ^a   Finkelstein, D I ^a   Ross, S A ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Knockin; Knockout; Nicotinic; Subunits; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEURONAL NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0042368962     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-003-2259-9     Document Type: Review

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