Heterogeneity and complexity of native brain nicotinic receptors

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1102-1111

  Gotti, Cecilia ^a   Moretti, Milena ^a   Gaimarri, Annalisa ^a   Zanardi, Alessio ^b   Clementi, Franceso ^a   Zoli, Michele ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Pharmacology; Stochiometry; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

A 8530; ALPHA3 BETA2 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA3 BETA4 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA3 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA4 BETA2 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA4 BETA4 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA4 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA6 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA6ALPHA4 BETA2BETA3 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALPHA6BETA2BETA3 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHICK; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; LIGAND BINDING; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RODENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 34548677192     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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