Nicotinic excitatory postsynaptic potentials in hippocampal CA1 interneurons are predominantly mediated by nicotinic receptors that contain α4 and β2 subunits

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1379-1388

  Bell, Karen A ^a   Shim, Hoon ^a   Chen, Ching Kang ^a   McQuiston, A Rory ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Inhibitory interneuron; Nicotinic excitatory postsynaptic potential; Optogenetics; Voltage sensitive dye imaging

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM LACUNOSUM MOLECULARE; STRATUM ORIENS; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACONITINE; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIHYDRO-BETA-ERYTHROIDINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; LIGHT; MICE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RHODOPSIN; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 80053615721     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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