Spatial and intracellular relationships between the α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in the prefrontal cortex of rat and mouse

Neuroscience

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1091-1103

  Duffy, A M ^a   Zhou, P ^a   Milner, T A ^b   Pickel, V M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoregulation; cholinergic; cognitive function; electron microscopy; immunocytochemistry; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTISERUM; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA7; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPSES; TRANSPORT VESICLES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 67349269521     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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