Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit α9 in type II vestibular hair cells of rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1509-1514

  Kong, Wei Jia ^a   Cheng, Hua Mao ^a   Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Rats; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Single cell; Vestibule

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 33750376622     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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