Modulatory role of acetylcholine in the rat pineal gland

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Schenda, Jutta ^a   Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Burst activity; Extracellular recordings; Nicotine; Oxotremorine; Rat pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; OXOTREMORINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NICOTINE; OXOTREMORINE; PERFUSION; PERIODICITY; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032544303     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00624-7     Document Type: Article

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