Vestibular stimulation enhances hippocampal long-term potentiation via activation of cholinergic septohippocampal cells

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 174-182

  Tai, Siew Kian ^a   Leung, L Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

192 IgG saporin; Acetylcholine; Atropine sulfate; Long term potentiation; Medial septum; Rotation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATROPINE; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROTATION; SEPTOHIPPOCAMPAL CHOLINERGIC CELL; TETANUS; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARVALBUMINS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; ROTATION; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84860344324     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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