Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in dorsal root ganglion neurons include the α6β4* subtype

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 917-926

  Hone, Arik J ^a   Meyer, Erin L ^a,b   McIntyre, Melissa ^b   McIntosh, J Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

conotoxin; Patch clamp electrophysiology; Real time RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CONOTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856551316     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-195883     Document Type: Article

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