α7 nicotinic receptor-mediated astrocytic gliotransmitter release: Aβ effects in a preclinical Alzheimer's mouse model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Pirttimaki, Tiina Maria ^a   Codadu, Neela Krushna ^a   Awni, Alia ^a   Pratik, Pandey ^a   Nagel, David Andrew ^a   Hill, Eric James ^a   Dineley, Kelly Tennyson ^b   Parri, H Rheinallt ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84894225265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081828     Document Type: Article

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