Expression of the P2X7-receptor subunit in neurons of the rat retina

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-109

  Brändle, Uwe ^a   Kohler, Konrad ^b   Wheeler Schilling, Thomas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choroid; Immunhistochemistry; P2X7 receptor; Purinergic receptors; Rat; Retina; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHOROID; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHOROID; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0344699326     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00254-X     Document Type: Article

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