Acetylcholine receptor activation enhances NMDA-mediated responses in the rat neostriatum

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 482-489

  Sabatino, M ^a   Cromwell, H C ^b   Cepeda, C ^b   Levine, M S ^b   La Grutta, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Istituto di Fisiologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Carbachol; Electroencephalography; Intracellular recording; N methyl D aspartate; Neostriatum

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 0033398502     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0987-7053(99)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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