Identification of four classes of brain nicotinic receptors using β mutant mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4461-4472

  Zoli, Michele ^a,b   Léna, Clément ^a   Picciotto, Marina R ^a,c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Homologous recombination; Mouse; Nicotinic receptor; Patch clamp; Receptor autoradiography; Receptor classification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CYTISINE; EPIBATIDINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0345131682     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04461.1998     Document Type: Article

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