Cholinergic responsiveness of rat CA1 hippocampal neurons in vitro: modulation by corticosterone and stress

Stress

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Hesen, W ^a   Joels M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Electrophysiology; Glucocorticoid receptor; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Muscarinic receptors

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030318824     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899609001096     Document Type: Article

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