Cholinergic Activity Enhances Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation in CA1 during Walking in Rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 28, 2003, Pages 9297-9304

  Leung, L Stan ^a   Shen, Bixia ^a   Rajakumar, Nagalingam ^a   Ma, Jingyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Basal dendrites; CA1; Long term potentiation; Spatial learning; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SAPORIN; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REM SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; WALKING;

EID: 0142157622     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-28-09297.2003     Document Type: Article

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