Nicotinic modulation of serotonergic activity in the dorsal raphe nucleus

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 455-469

  Hernandez Lopez, Salvador ^a   Garduño, Julieta ^a   Mihailescu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Glutamate; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84888164090     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2013-0012     Document Type: Article

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