Optogenetic studies of nicotinic contributions to cholinergic signaling in the central nervous system

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 755-771

  Jiang, Li ^a,b   López Hernández, Gretchen Y ^a,b   Lederman, James ^a,b   Talmage, David A ^b   Role, Lorna W ^a,b  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corelease; Endogenous acetylcholine; Nicotinic receptor; Optogenetic; Synaptic transmission and modulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM ION; CHANNELRHODOPSIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALORHODOPSIN; ION CHANNEL; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLACE PREFERENCE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; HUMANS; OPTOGENETICS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84910019860     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: 21910200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2014-0032     Document Type: Article

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