Cholinergic modulation of nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2279-2290

  De Rover, Mischa ^a   Lodder, Johannes C ^a   Kits, Karel S ^a   Schoffelmeer, Anton N M ^b   Brussaard, Arjen B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GABAergic neuron; Nicotinic receptor; Paired recording; Rat; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACILITATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036925538     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02289.x     Document Type: Article

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