Ganglion cells from chick retina display multiple functional nAChR subtypes

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-311

  Lecchi, M ^a   Marguerat, A ^a   Ionescu, A ^b   Pelizzone, M ^c   Renaud, P ^b   Sommerhalder, J ^c   Safran, A B ^c   Tribollet, E ^a   Bertrand, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; d Tubocurarine; Dihydro erythroidine; Ganglion cells; Methyllycaconitine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Patch clamp; Retina

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; EVOKED RESPONSE; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUBOCURARINE;

EID: 1542290137     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200402090-00019     Document Type: Article

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