Nicotine recruits a local glutamatergic circuit to excite septohippocampal GABAergic neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1155-1168

  Wu, Min ^a   Hajszan, Tibor ^a,b   Leranth, Csaba ^a   Alreja, Meenakshi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cognition; Glutamate; Learning and memory; Metabotropic; Septum; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; 3,5 DIHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 7 (HYDROXYIMINO)CYCLOPROPA[B]CHROMEN 1A CARBOXYLATE ETHYL ESTER; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACONITINE; ACYCLOVIR; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; BUNGAROTOXINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE; CHROMONES; CYCLOLEUCINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; PARVALBUMINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESORCINOLS; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN; TUBOCURARINE; VALINE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0141613803     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02847.x     Document Type: Article

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