α7 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and modulation of gabaergic synaptic transmission in the hippocampus

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 393, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Alkondon, Manickavasagom ^a   Braga, Maria F M ^a,b   Pereira, Edna F R ^a   Maelicke, Alfred ^c   Albuquerque, Edson X ^a,b  

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

^b Inst Cie Biomed Ctro Cie Da S   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline; Excitation; GABA ( aminobutyric acid); Hippocampus; Interneuron; Methyllycaconitine; Nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; CHOLINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; QUISQUALIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034731871     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00006-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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