Importance of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor system in the prefrontal cortex

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1713-1720

  Wallace, T L ^a   Bertrand, D ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b HiQScreen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Disease; Nicotinic receptors; Pharmacology; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAZABICYCLO[3.2.2]NONANE 4 CARBOXYLIC ACID 4 BROMOPHENYL ESTER; 3 (2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZYLIDENE)ANABASEINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ABT 107; ACETYLCHOLINE; AZD 0328; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EVP 6124; LIGAND GATED ION CHANNEL; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; RG 3487; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; LEARNING; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84878891156     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.04.001     Document Type: Note

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