The functional influence of nicotinic cholinergic receptors on the visual responses of neurones in the superficial superior colliculus

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-289

  Binns, K E ^a   Salt, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; GABA; Iontophoresis; Parabigeminal nucleus; Tectum; Vision

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; CARBACHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LOBELINE; METHACHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PIPERAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; IONTOPHORESIS; LOBELINE; NEURONS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RATS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

EID: 0034062078     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800172116     Document Type: Article

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