Properties of cholinergic responses in neurons in the intermediate grey layer of rat superior colliculus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3096-3108

  Sooksawate, Thongchai ^a,b   Isa, Tadashi ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Muscarinic; Nicotinic; Parabrachial region; Saccade; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIMETHYL 4 PHENYLPIPERAZINIUM; 4 DIPHENYLACETOXY 1 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA4BETA2 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHOCTRAMINE; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PIRENZEPINE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAY MATTER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845658743     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05190.x     Document Type: Article

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