Cholinergic-mediated response enhancement in barrel cortex layer V pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1656-1668

  Nuñez, Angel ^a   Domínguez, Soledad ^b   Buño, Washington ^b   de Sevilla, David Fernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DENDRITE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DENDRITES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M1; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 84866385991     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00156.2012     Document Type: Article

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