A microiontophoretic study of acetylcholine effects in the inferior colliculus of horseshoe bats: Implications for a modulatory role

Brain Research

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-179

  Habbicht, Hartmann ^a   Vater, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Horseshoe bat; Inferior colliculus; Microiontophoresis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GALLAMINE; HEXAMETHONIUM; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PIRENZEPINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0030591472     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00224-7     Document Type: Article

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