Intracellular mechanisms underlying the nicotinic enhancement of LTP in the rat dentate gyrus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Welsby, Philip J ^a   Rowan, Michael J ^b   Anwyl, Roger ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Allosteric modulator; Kinase; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; JANUS KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DENTATE GYRUS; ISOXAZOLES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 58149107335     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06562.x     Document Type: Article

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