Alpha bungarotoxin-1.4 nm gold: A novel conjugate for visualising the precise subcellular distribution of alpha 7* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Jones, Ian W ^a   Barik, Jacques ^a   O'Neill, Michael J ^b   Wonnacott, Susan ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Electron microscopy; Gold bungarotoxin; Hippocampus CA1 stratum radiatum; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; GOLD; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LABELING INDEX; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 1242306273     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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