Nicotine reverses GABAergic inhibition of long-term potentiation induction in the hippocampal CA1 region

Brain Research

Volumn 863, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 259-265

  Fujii, Satoshi ^a,b   Jia, Yousheng ^a   Yang, Aizhen ^a   Sumikawa, Katumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epibatidine; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Methyllycaconitine; Muscimol; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Aminobutyric acid receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; EPIBATIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; MUSCIMOL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034724994     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02119-3     Document Type: Article

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