Magnocellular neurons of the rat supraoptic nucleus are endowed with functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-323

  Zaninetti, M ^a   Blanchet, C ^a   Tribollet, E ^a   Bertrand, D ^a   Raggenbass, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EPIBATIDINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BUNGAROTOXINS; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PYRIDINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TRITIUM; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032712020     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00477-7     Document Type: Article

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