Cholinergic mechanism underlying prepulse inhibition of the startle response in rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 326-335

  Bosch, D ^a   Schmid, S ^a,b  

^a Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; muscarinic receptor; nicotine receptor; schizophrenia; sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PONS ANGLE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STARTLE REFLEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MECAMYLAMINE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCOPOLAMINE; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 47249157572     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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