Pudendal motoneurons of the rat located in separated spinal nuclei possess nicotinic acetylcholine receptors having distinct pharmacological profiles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 924-930

  Ogier, R ^a,b   Tribollet, E ^a   Bertrand, D ^a   Raggenbass, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Medical Affairs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Brain slices; Eliminative functions; Erection; External sphincters; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE; WHOLE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PELVIC FLOOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 50449105731     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06403.x     Document Type: Article

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