Nicotinic autoreceptors mediating enhancement of acetylcholine release become operative in conditions of 'impaired' cholinergic presynaptic function

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1974-1981

  Marchi, Mario ^a   Raiteri, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Autoreceptors; Cerebral cortex (rat); Cholinesterase inhibitors; Muscarinic receptors; Nicotinic receptors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; AUTORECEPTOR; CHOLINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OXOTREMORINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029823245     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67051974.x     Document Type: Article

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