Synaptic transmission at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in rat hippocampal organotypic cultures and slices

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 515, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 769-776

  Hefft, Stefan ^a   Hulo, Sophie ^a   Bertrand, Daniel ^a   Muller, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BUNGAROTOXIN; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN; PURINE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CURRENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033559842     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.769ab.x     Document Type: Article

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