Nicotine increases gabaergic input on rat dorsal raphe serotonergic neurons through alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3154-3163

  Hernandez Vazquez F ^a   Chavarria K ^a   Garduno J ^a   Hernandez Lopez S ^a   Mihailescu, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; GABA; Nicotine; Serotonergic neurons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 CHLORO N (3 QUINUCLIDINYL)BENZAMIDE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NITRENDIPINE; RIVANICLINE; RYANODINE; THAPSIGARGIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; NICOTINIC AGENT; SEROTONIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84918544708     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00223.2014     Document Type: Article

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