Visual response properties in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of mice lacking the β2 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 8459-8469

  Grubb, Matthew S ^a   Thompson, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; dLGN; Mouse; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Physiology; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SEX FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 4744357913     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1527-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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