Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation modulates γ- aminobutyric acid release from CA1 neurons of rat hippocampal slices

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1396-1411

  Alkondon, Manickavasagom ^a   Pereira, Edna F R ^a   Barbosa, Catao T F ^a,b   Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0031443680     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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