Overview of nicotinic receptors and their roles in the central nervous system

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 166-174

  Dani, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Addiction; Alzheimer's disease; Nicotine; Plasticity; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035251761     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)01011-8     Document Type: Review

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