The missing link between long-term stimulation of nicotinic receptors and the increases of acetylcholine release and vasodilation in the cerebral cortex of aged rats

Journal of Physiological Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-101

  Uchida, Sae ^a   Hotta, Harumi ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^b   Kawashima, Koichiro ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Aging; Chronic nicotine; Cortical cerebral blood flow; Nucleus basalis of Meynert; Rat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874413042     PISSN: 18806546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12576-012-0239-2     Document Type: Article

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