Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit mRNA expression in adult and developing rat medullary catecholamine neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 510, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 655-672

  O'Leary, Kathryn T ^a   Loughlin, Sandra E ^b   Chen, Yiling ^b   Leslie, Frances M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA3; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA6; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ALPHA7; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BETA4; DOPAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 53149083753     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21833     Document Type: Article

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