Rabbit retinal ganglion cell responses to nicotine can be mediated by β2-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 651-662

  Strang, Christianne E ^a   Amthor, Franklin R ^a   Keyser, Kent T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Morphology; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

COBALT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 210; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DARK ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 2942565881     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523803206076     Document Type: Article

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