α7 but not α4 AChR subunit expression is regulated by light in developing primary visual cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 480, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 378-391

  Aztiria, Eugenio ^a   Gotti, Cecilia ^b   Domenici, Luciano ^a,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dark rearing; Development; Immunohistochemistry; Nicotinic receptor; RT PCR; Visual experience

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN; EPIBATIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA4 SUBUNIT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; AGE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGHT; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 9744247545     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20358     Document Type: Article

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