Adult mouse basal forebrain harbors two distinct cholinergic populations defined by their electrophysiology

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Zaborszky, Laszlo ^a   Unal, Cagri T ^a   Golowasch, Jorge P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium currents; Neuromodulation; Phasic firing; Spike frequency adaptation; Tonic firing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY FIRING NEURON; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LATE FIRING NEURON; LOW VOLTAGE ACTIVATED CALCIUM CURRENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPIKE FREQUENCY ADAPTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

EID: 84864386252     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00021     Document Type: Article

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