Cholinergic modulation of the action potential in rat hippocampal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 211-219

  Figenschou, Anne ^a   Hu, Quo Yuan ^a,b   Storm, Johan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Afterhyperpolarization; Calcium; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; Muscarinic receptors; Potassium channels; Spike repolarization

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CARBACHOL; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHORBOL ESTER; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPIKE; THETA RHYTHM; VERTEBRATE; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGTAZIC ACID; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MANGANESE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030067852     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01182.x     Document Type: Article

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