Title : Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA in the adult rat peripheral vestibular system - Hiel_1996_Brain.Res_738_347 |
Author(s) : Hiel H , Elgoyhen AB , Drescher DG , Morley BJ |
Ref : Brain Research , 738 :347 , 1996 |
Abstract :
The mRNA expression of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits was determined in adult rat vestibular end-organs and in Scarpa's ganglion (SCG) by in situ hybridization with [35S] riboprobes. Neurons in the SCG expressed the alpha 4-7 and beta 2-3 mRNAs, but not alpha 3 or beta 4 mRNAs. Not all SCG neurons expressed every mRNA found in SCG. The alpha 6 and beta 2-3 riboprobes labeled all neurons, but alpha 4, alpha 5, and alpha 7 mRNAs were selectively expressed in one or more subpopulations of SCG neurons. Vestibular sensory hair cells, in contrast, expressed only alpha 9 mRNA. |
PubMedSearch : Hiel_1996_Brain.Res_738_347 |
PubMedID: 8955534 |
Hiel H, Elgoyhen AB, Drescher DG, Morley BJ (1996)
Expression of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA in the adult rat peripheral vestibular system
Brain Research
738 :347
Hiel H, Elgoyhen AB, Drescher DG, Morley BJ (1996)
Brain Research
738 :347