Effects of nicotine and mecamylamine on rat dorsal raphe neurons

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Mihailescu, Stefan ^a   Palomero Rivero, Marcela ^a   Meade Huerta, Patricia ^a   Maza Flores, Axeneth ^a   Drucker Colín, René ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Mecamylamine; Nicotine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; SEROTONIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOOD; NONHUMAN; PONTOGENICULOOCCIPITAL WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032582788     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00658-X     Document Type: Article

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