Nicotine compensates for the loss of cholinergic function to enhance long-term potentiation induction

Brain Research

Volumn 946, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 148-152

  Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Hamaue, Naoya ^a   Sumikawa, Katumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Cholinergic lesion; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; N Methyl D aspartate receptor; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0037047475     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)02935-9     Document Type: Article

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