Cholinergic modulation of synaptic transmission in horizontal connections of rat motor cortex

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 863-872

  Hess, Grzegorz ^a   Krawczyk, Roman ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

brain slices; carbachol; cerebral cortex; cholinesterase inhibitor; muscarinic antagonists

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; GALLAMINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PIRENZEPINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030478902     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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