Cholinergic axons modulate GABAergic signaling among hippocampal interneurons via postsynaptic α7 nicotinic receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5683-5693

  Wanaverbecq, Nicolas ^a,b   Semyanov, Alexey ^a,c   Pavlov, Ivan ^a   Walker, Matthew C ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; GABAa receptor; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Interneurons; Nicotinic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34250640213     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1732-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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