A novel nicotinic agonist facilitates induction of long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 130-134

  Hunter, Bruce E ^a   de Fiebre, Christopher M ^a   Papke, Roger L ^b   Kem, William R ^a   Meyer, Edwin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4 Dimethoxybenzylidene anabaseine; Long term potentiation; Mecamylamine; Nicotinic receptor; Xenopus oocyte; 125I Bungarotoxin binding; 3H Acetylcholine binding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BENZYLIDENE DERIVATIVE; BUNGAROTOXIN; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; 2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYLIDENEANABASEINE; NICOTINE ANTAGONIST; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; XENOPUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BENZYLIDENE COMPOUNDS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BRAIN; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO; KINETICS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; OOCYTES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; XENOPUS;

EID: 0028173895     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(94)90433-2     Document Type: Article

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