A role for the basal forebrain cholinergic system in estrogen-induced disinhibition of hippocampal pyramidal cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4479-4490

  Rudick, Charles N ^a   Gibbs, Robert B ^b   Woolley, Catherine S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

192IgG saporin; CA1; ChAT; Estradiol; GABA; IPSCs; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOTOXIN; SAPORIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0038118229     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-11-04479.2003     Document Type: Article

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