Functional properties of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the chick retina during development

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3182-3188

  Lecchi, Marzia ^a   McIntosh, J Michael ^c   Bertrand, Sonia ^a   Safran, Avinoam B ^b   Bertrand, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CTX MII; Dihydro erythr idine; Epibatidine; Leghorn chicks; Methyllycaconitine; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONOTOXINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21444460171     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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