Activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors enhances a slow calcium-dependent potassium conductance and reduces the firing of stratum oriens interneurons.

Griguoli, Marilena; Scuri, Rossana; Ragozzino, Davide; Cherubini, Enrico

Griguoli, Marilena; Scuri, Rossana; Ragozzino, Davide; Cherubini, Enrico.

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Griguoli M; Neurobiology Department, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.

Eur J Neurosci ; 30(6): 1011-22, 2009 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19735287

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Calcium/metabolism; Hippocampus/physiology; Interneurons/physiology; Receptors, Nicotinic/physiology; Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels/physiology; Synaptic Transmission/physiology; Acetylcholine/metabolism; Action Potentials/drug effects; Action Potentials/physiology; Animals; Fluorescent Dyes; Fura-2; Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics; Hippocampus/drug effects; Hippocampus/metabolism; Interneurons/drug effects; Interneurons/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Nerve Net/drug effects; Nerve Net/physiology; Neural Inhibition/drug effects; Neural Inhibition/physiology; Nicotine/pharmacology; Patch-Clamp Techniques; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Synaptic Transmission/drug effects; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/metabolism

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Calcium / Receptors, Nicotinic / Synaptic Transmission / Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels / Hippocampus / Interneurons Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Eur J Neurosci Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA Year: 2009 Type: Article Affiliation country: Italy

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