Nicotinic ACh receptors in the hippocampus: Role in excitability and plasticity

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1249-1257

  Yakel, Jerrel L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EPILEPSY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIGANDS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84868133905     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts091     Document Type: Review

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