Heterogeneity and selective targeting of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subtypes expressed on retinal afferents of the superior colliculus and lateral geniculate nucleus: Identification of a new native nAChR subtype α3β(α5 or β3) enriched in retinocollicular afferents

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1162-1171

  Gotti, Cecilia ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Zanardi, Alessio ^b   Gaimarri, Annalisa ^a   Champtiaux, Nicolas ^c   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^c   Whiteaker, Paul ^d   Marks, Michael J ^d   Clementi, Francesco ^a   Zoli, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; ISOPROTEIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENUCLEATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENICULATE BODIES; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIGANDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 25144467556     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.015925     Document Type: Article

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