Membrane-bound catechol-O-methyl transferase in cortical neurons and glial cells is intracellularly oriented

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue OCT, 2010, Pages

  Schott, Björn H ^a,b,c   Frischknecht, Renato ^a   Debska Vielhaber, Grazyna ^a,b   John, Nora ^a   Behnisch, Gusalija ^a   Düzel, Emrah ^b,d   Gundelfinger, Eckart D ^a   Seidenbecher, Constanze I ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyl transferase; Dopamine; Immunocytochemistry; Membrane; Neuronal cell culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866746665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2010.00142     Document Type: Article

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