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Neuronal Ca2+ sensor VILIP-1 leads to the upregulation of functional α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in hippocampal neurons

CJ. Zhao, Cornelia Noack, Marian Brackmann, Tengis Gloveli, Alfred Maelicke, Uwe Heinemann, R Anand, K. H. Braunewell

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience · 2008 · 48 citations · 41 references

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