Different synaptic mechanisms of long-term potentiation induced by nicotine and tetanic stimulation in hippocampal CA1 region of rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 398-402+477

  He, Jin ^a   Deng, Chun Yu ^a   Zhu, Xiao Nan ^a   Yu, Jian Ping ^a   Chen, Ru Zhu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; L NAME; Long term potentiation; MK 801; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANY;

ANIMALS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC STIMULANTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NICOTINE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037693994     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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