Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors controlling attention: Behavior, circuits and sensitivity to disruption by nicotine

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1089-1098

  Poorthuis, Rogier B ^a   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Desensitization; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84885592113     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.07.003     Document Type: Review

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