Therefore, the effect of J147
on the cholinergic system was investigated using the muscarinic receptor antagonist, scopolamine, which decreases central cholinergic neuronal activity.
The team then investigated whether the chemical might be inducing sleep by acting
on the cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain.
Not exact matches
All of the nerve agents, old and new, operate
on the same biochemical principles and cause the same mechanism of injury by provoking a «
cholinergic crisis».
The researchers report that mecamylamine reduces the release of dopamine by blocking binding sites
on so - called nicotinic
cholinergic synapses.
Store calcium mediates
cholinergic effects
on mIPSCs in the rat main olfactory bulb.
Maturation of postsynaptic nicotinic structures
on autonomic neurons requires innervation but not
cholinergic transmission.
In this study, the effect of lesion of the
cholinergic pedunculo - pontine cell bodies (PPN) by the excitotoxin quisqualic acid was investigated
on spontaneous locomotor activity and learning in rats.