Assembly of α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Assessed with Functional Fluorescently Labeled Subunits: Effects of Localization, Trafficking, and Nicotine-Induced Upregulation in Clonal Mammalian Cells and in Cultured Midbrain Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 11554-11567

  Nashmi, Raad ^a   Dickinson, Mary E ^a   McKinney, Sheri ^a   Jareb, Mark ^a,b   Labarca, Cesar ^a   Fraser, Scott E ^a   Lester, Henry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent protein; FRET; Nicotine addiction; Nicotinic receptors; Receptor assembly; 4 2

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA4BETA2 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FURA 2; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL CULTURE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0347064158     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-37-11554.2003     Document Type: Article

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