Nicotinic receptors in the brain: Molecular biology, function, and therapeutics

Molecular and Chemical Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 3-11

  Vidal, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; Alzheimer disease; attention; glutamate; hippocampus; neocortex; Nicotinic receptor; Parkinson disease; prefrontal cortex; working memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATTENTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029815970     PISSN: 10447393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02815199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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