Secondary nicotinic synapses on sympathetic B neurons and their putative role in ganglionic amplification of activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 908-918

  Karila, Paul ^a,b   Horn, John P ^a  

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

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activity dependent modulation; Bullfrog sympathetic ganglia; Metabotropic synapses; Neuronal nicotinic receptors; Nicotinic synapses; Sympathetic nervous system; Synaptic integration

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0034143225     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-03-00908.2000     Document Type: Article

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