The rat spinal cord slice: Its use in generating pharmacological evidence for cholinergic transmission using the α7 subtype of nicotinic receptors in the central autonomic nucleus

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 51, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 243-252

  Bradaïa, Amyaouch ^a,b   Seddik, Riad ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a   Trouslard, Jérôme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lamina X; Methods; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Rat; Receptor subtypes; Spinal cord slice

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 18144378459     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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