Functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression on stem and progenitor cells of the early embryonic nervous system.

Publication/Presentation Date

10-1-2002

Abstract

Although the adult brain contains nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors vital to cortical function, little is known about the assembly of embryonic receptor subunits into functional receptors or their role in fetal brain development. We now report the first evidence of functional nicotinic ACh receptors on stem and progenitor cells of fetal mouse cerebral cortex as early as embryonic day 10.

Volume

971

First Page

135

Last Page

138

ISSN

0077-8923

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

12438103

Department(s)

Department of Surgery

Document Type

Article

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