Transport of multiple nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the rat optic nerve: High densities of receptors containing α6 and β3 subunits

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1924-1938

  Cox, Brandon C ^b   Marritt, Andrea M ^b   Perry, David C ^c   Kellar, Kenneth J ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha 6; Nicotinic receptor subtypes; Optic nerve; Receptor transport; Retinal ganglion cells; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENUCLEATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INNERVATION; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

RATTUS;

EID: 43549084134     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05282.x     Document Type: Article

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