Spatiotemporal specificity in cholinergic control of neocortical function

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-160

  Muñoz, William ^a   Rudy, Bernardo ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896281293     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.02.015     Document Type: Review

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