Nicotinic stimulation produces multiple forms of increased glutamatergic synaptic transmission

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 7075-7083

  Radcliffe, Kristofer A ^a   Dani, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate synaptic transmission; Hippocampal cultures; Learning; Memory; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Synaptic modulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032530368     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-18-07075.1998     Document Type: Article

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