Distribution of α7 and α4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in several tissues of Triturus carnifex (Amphibia, Urodela)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 391-398

  Valiante, Salvatore ^a   Capaldo, Anna ^a   Virgilio, Francesca ^a   Sciarrillo, Rosaria ^b   De Falco, Maria ^a   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Laforgia, Vincenza ^a   Varano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amphibian; In situ hybridization; Nicotinic receptor; Triturus carnifex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 4 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 7 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HYPOPHYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALAMANDER; SKIN; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

AMPHIBIA; CAUDATA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS CARNIFEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITURUS;

EID: 8344275074     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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