Choline and selective antagonists identify two subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that modulate GABA release from CA1 interneurons in rat hippocampal slices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2693-2705

  Alkondon, Manickavasagom ^a   Pereira, Edna F R ^a   Eisenberg, Howard M ^a   Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Choline; Dihydro erythroidine; GABA; Hippocampus; Methyllycaconitine; bungarotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033118561     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-07-02693.1999     Document Type: Article

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