A quantum-dot nanocrystal study of GABAA receptor subunits in living cerebellar granule cells in culture

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1024-1027

  Siano, Silvia ^a   Cupello, Aroldo ^b   Pellistri, Francesca ^a   Robello, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

GABAA receptors; Granule cells; Quantum dots; Subunits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NANOCRYSTAL; QUANTUM DOT; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM DOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

RATTUS;

EID: 34248219015     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9263-z     Document Type: Article

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