The effect of α7 nicotinic receptor activation on glutamatergic transmission in the hippocampus

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 439-444

  Cheng, Qing ^a   Yakel, Jerrel L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; cAMP; Glutamatergic transmission; Hippocampus; 7 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINIC AGENT;

BIOSENSOR; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; COGNITION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84943356922     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.07.015     Document Type: Review

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