Nicotinic control of axon excitability regulates thalamocortical transmission

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1168-1175

  Kawai, Hideki ^a   Lazar, Ronit ^a   Metherate, Raju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 34548358824     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1956     Document Type: Article

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