Neuroprotective effect of nicotine against kainic acid excitotoxicity is associated with alpha-bungarotoxin insensitive receptors subtype of nAChRs

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 816-820

  Riljak, Vladimir ^a   Benes, Jan ^a   Pokorný, Jaroslav ^a   Myslivecek, Jaromir ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fluoro Jade B; Hippocampus; Kainic acid; Nicotine; Seizure; bungarotoxin insensitive receptors

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITOTOXICITY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAND BINDING; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 84857413538     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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