Global actions of nicotine on the striatal microcircuit

Global actions of nicotine on the striatal microcircuit

The question to solve in the present work is: what is the predominant action induced by the activation of cholinergic-nicotinic receptors (nAChrs) in the striatal network given that nAChrs are expressed by several elements of the circuit: cortical terminals, dopamine terminals, and various striatal...

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Main Authors: Victor E Plata, Mariana eDuhne, Jesús Esteban Pérez-Ortega, Ricardo eHernandez-Martinez, Pavel Ernesto Rueda Orozco, Elvira eGalarraga, Rene eDrucker-Colin, Jose eBargas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Basal Ganglia
Nicotine
nicotinic receptors
GABAergic interneurons
parkinson´s disease
striatal microcircuit
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2013.00078/full

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