Diversity of native nicotinic receptor subtypes in mammalian brain

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 96, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 302-311

  Zoli, Michele ^a   Pistillo, Francesco ^b   Gotti, Cecilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habenulo interpeduncular pathway; Neuronal nicotinic receptors; Primate; Stoichiometry; Subtypes; Subunit composition

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN LEVEL; DIENCEPHALON; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; HABENULO INTERPEDUNCULAR PATHWAY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HABENULA; HUMAN; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLOSTERIC SITE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HABENULA; HUMANS; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84932195694     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.11.003     Document Type: Review

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