Cholinergic and glutamatergic spontaneous and evoked excitatory postsynaptic currents in optic lobe neurons of cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

Brain Research

Volumn 1020, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 178-187

  Chrachri, Abdesslam ^a,b   Williamson, Roddy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glutamate; Invertebrate; mEPSCs; Neurotransmitters, modulators, transporters and receptors; Sepia officinalis; sEPSCs; Transmitters in invertebrates

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTTLEFISH; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FISH; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RETINA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MOLLUSCA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OPTIC LOBE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 4143096933     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.06.027     Document Type: Article

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