Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes expression during rat retina development and their regulation by visual experience

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-96

  Moretti, Milena ^a   Vailati, Silvia ^a   Zoli, Michele ^b   Lippi, Giordano ^b   Riganti, Loredana ^a   Longhi, Renato ^c   Viegi, Alessandro ^d   Clementi, Francesco ^a   Gotti, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CONOTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; EPIBATIDINE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUNGAROTOXINS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRITIUM;

EID: 3042570201     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.66.1.85     Document Type: Article

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