Cholinergic responses in crossed tecto-reticular neurons of rat superior colliculus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2702-2711

  Sooksawate, Thongchai ^a,b   Isa, Kaoru ^b,c   Isa, Tadashi ^b,c,d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA4 BETA2 NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CARBACHOL; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETICULUM CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; WHOLE CELL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCARINE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049176513     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90723.2008     Document Type: Article

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