Contribution of nicotinic receptors to the function of synapses in the central nervous system: The action of choline as a selective agonist of α7 receptors

Journal of Physiology Paris

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 309-316

  Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,b   Pereira, Edna F R ^a   Braga, Maria F M ^a,b   Alkondon, Manickavasagom ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; CHOLINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0032105398     PISSN: 09284257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(98)80039-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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