Disparate cholinergic currents in rat principal trigeminal sensory nucleus neurons mediated by M1 and M2 receptors: A possible mechanism for selective gating of afferent sensory neurotransmission

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3245-3258

  Kohlmeier, Kristi A ^a   Soja, Peter J ^b   Kristensen, Morten P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbachol; Nicotine; Pain; Sleep; Vesicle associated choline transporter; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARBACHOL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICLE ASSOCIATED CHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHANNEL GATING; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI;

EID: 33745223465     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04875.x     Document Type: Article

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