Large clusters of α7-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on chick spinal cord neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 465, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-204

  Roth, Adelheid L ^a,b   Berg, Darwin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid rafts; Motoneurons; Preganglionic; Spines

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DREBRIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DREBRINS; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALPHA7 GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID RAFT; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINE; STAINING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0042415131     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10856     Document Type: Article

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