Nicotine modulates the spontaneous synaptic activity in cultured embryonic rat spinal cord interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Fucile, Sergio ^a   Lax, Pedro ^a   Eusebi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; GABA; Neurotransmitter release

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINE; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; INTERNEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036469269     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10124     Document Type: Article

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