Comparison of α2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNA expression in the central nervous system of rats and mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-260

  Ishii, Katsuyoshi ^a   Wong, Jamie K ^a   Sumikawa, Katumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal tegmental nucleus; In situ hybridization; Internal plexiform layer; Interpeduncular nucleus; Oriens layer of CA1; Ventral tegmental nucleus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RAT; RNA PROBE; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27944489507     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20762     Document Type: Article

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