Inactivation of α7 ACh receptors and activation of non-α7 ACh receptors both contribute to long term potentiation induction in the hippocampal CA1 region

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-138

  Fujii, Satoshi ^a   Ji, Zhanxin ^a   Sumikawa, Katumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A85380; Dihydro erythroidine; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Metyllycaconitine; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NOOTROPIC AGENT; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NEURONS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034595443     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01076-4     Document Type: Article

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