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Mouse striatal dopamine nerve terminals express alpha4alpha5beta2 and two stoichiometric forms of alpha4beta2*-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jan 2010
Grady Sharon R, Salminen Outi, McIntosh J Michael, Marks Michael J, Collins Allan C
Abstract excerpt
Wild-type and alpha5 null mutant mice were used to identify nicotinic cholinergic receptors (nAChRs) that mediate alpha-conotoxin MII (alpha-CtxMII)-resistant dopamine (DA) release from striatal synaptosomes. Concentration-effect curves for ACh-stimulated release (20 s) were monophasic when wild-type synaptosomes were assayed but biphasic with synaptosomes from the alpha5 null mutant. Deleting the alpha5 gene...
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