Short communicationA comparative non-radioactive in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical study of the distribution of α7 and α8 subunits of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in visual areas of the chick brain
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Acknowledgements
This study was supported by FAPESP, CNPq, and PRONEX/MCT (L.R.G.B. and D.E.H.B.) and NIH, STRC, and MDA (J.M.L.). We also thank H.J. Karten and K.T. Keyser for helpful comments in regard to some preliminary experiments and R. Anand for the preparation of RNA probes. T.H.O.L. and A.S.T. were the recipients of doctoral fellowships from FAPESP (Brazil).
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