Presence of functional neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in brainstem motoneurons of the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2737-2748

  Zaninetti, Marc ^a   Tribollet, Eliane ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^a   Raggenbass, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin; Dihydro erythoidine; Epidatidine; Methyllycaconitine; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; EPIBATIDINE; IODINE 125; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICROINJECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032839033     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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