Evidence for long-lasting cholinergic control of gap junctional communication between adrenal chromaffin cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3669-3678

  Martin, Agnès O ^a,b   Mathieu, Marie Noëlle ^a   Guérineau, Nathalie C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brefeldin A; Dye coupling; Gap junctions; Hexamethonium; Neonates; Nicotinic receptors; Nocodazole; Rat adrenal slices; Splanchnectomized rats; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; BREFELDIN A; HEXAMETHONIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NOCODAZOLE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GOLGI COMPLEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYNAPTOSOME; TRANS GOLGI NETWORK; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; MICROTUBULES; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANS-GOLGI NETWORK;

EID: 0037531219     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-09-03669.2003     Document Type: Article

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