The nicotinic receptor blocker hexamethonium alters neuronal responses to glutamate in the medial septal area of the brain of the ground squirrel in vitro

Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-307

  Karavaev, E N ^a,b   Popova, I Yu ^a   Kichigina, V F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b PUSHCHINO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic and cholinergic systems; Medial septal area of the brain; Theta activity

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXAMETHONIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SQUIRREL; THETA RHYTHM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEXAMETHONIUM; HIBERNATION; NEURONS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCIURIDAE; SEPTAL NUCLEI;

EID: 39049118908     PISSN: 00970549     EISSN: 1573899X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11055-008-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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