Involvement of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the protection of dopamine terminals in experimental Parkinsonism

Functional Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 113-123

  Dajas, Federico ^a   Costa, Gustavo ^a   Abín Carriquiry, Juan Andres ^a   McGregor, Ronald ^a   Urbanavicius, Jessika ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; Dopamine; nACHRs; Parkinson's disease; Striatum; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CHLORISONDAMINE; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXIDOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTOXIN;

CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NERVE ENDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYTOPROTECTION; DOPAMINE; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; NICOTINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0035544933     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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