Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 1-25 , March 2009

Brain Receptor Mosaics and Their Intramembrane Receptor-Receptor Interactions: Molecular Integration in Transmission and Novel Targets for Drug Development

  • Kjell Fuxe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Division of Cellular and Molecular Neurochemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuroscience, Division of Cellular and Molecular Neurochemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Daniel Marcellino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Division of Cellular and Molecular Neurochemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Diego Guidolin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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  • Amina S. Woods

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Luigi Agnati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena, Modena, and IRCCS, Lido Venice, Italy

Received 16 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 January 2009.

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Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
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