Postsynaptic nicotinic receptors on dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 659-673

  Sorenson, E M ^a,b   Shiroyama, T ^a   Kitai, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

4; Cholinergic neurotransmission; Dopaminergic neurons; Electron microscopy; Nicotine; Substantia nigra pars compacta

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; TUBOCURARINE;

EID: 0032483074     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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