Acetylcholine excites neocortical pyramidal neurons via nicotinic receptors

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2195-2209

  Hedrick, Tristan ^a   Waters, Jack ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Neocortical pyramidal neurons; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEOCORTEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84982073410     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00716.2014     Document Type: Article

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