Htr2a gene and 5-HT2A receptor expression in the cerebral cortex studied using genetically modified mice

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Weber, Elaine T ^a   Andrade, Rodrigo ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT2A; Cortex; Interneuron; Prefrontal; Pyramidal cell; Serotonin; Serotonin receptors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956571618     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2010.00036     Document Type: Article

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