A novel nicotinic mechanism underlies β-amyloid-induced neuronal hyperexcitation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7253-7263

  Liu, Qiang ^a   Xie, Xitao ^b   Lukas, Ronald J ^a   St John, Paul A ^c   Wu, Jie ^a,d  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN [1-42]; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84876526974     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3235-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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