Nicotine selectively enhances NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission during postnatal development in sensory neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8485-8495

  Aramakis, V Bess ^a   Metherate, Raju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Acetylcholinesterase; Auditory cortex; Development; Enhancement; EPSP; Glutamate; Nicotine; NMDA

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITINE DERIVATIVE; AMPA RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032531917     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08485.1998     Document Type: Article

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