Plasticity of Prefrontal Attention Circuitry: Upregulated Muscarinic Excitability in Response to Decreased Nicotinic Signaling Following Deletion of α5 or β2 Subunits
Tian MK, Bailey CD, De Biasi M, Picciotto MR, Lambe EK. Plasticity of Prefrontal Attention Circuitry: Upregulated Muscarinic Excitability in Response to Decreased Nicotinic Signaling Following Deletion of α5 or β2 Subunits. Journal Of Neuroscience 2011, 31: 16458-16463. PMID: 22072695, PMCID: PMC3240894, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3600-11.2011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcetylcholineAconitineAge FactorsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAtropineDihydro-beta-ErythroidineIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMembrane PotentialsMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsNeuropeptidesNeurotransmitter AgentsNicotineNicotinic AntagonistsOrexinsPatch-Clamp TechniquesPrefrontal CortexReceptors, MuscarinicReceptors, NicotinicSignal TransductionUp-RegulationConceptsLayer VI neuronsNicotinic receptorsCholinergic excitationCholinergic receptorsPrefrontal cortexExcitatory muscarinic receptorsPrefrontal attention circuitryMuscarinic cholinergic receptorsMuscarinic acetylcholine receptorsAcute brain slicesWild-type miceWhole-cell recordingsΒ2 subunitNicotinic receptor subunitsMedial prefrontal cortexPyramidal neuronsMuscarinic receptorsNicotinic signalingLayer VIAttention circuitryCholinergic stimulationBrain slicesNicotinic stimulationAcetylcholine receptorsTiming of excitationPlasticity of prefrontal attention circuitry: Upregulated muscarinic excitability in response to decreased nicotinic signaling following deletion of α5 or β2 subunits
Tian M, Bailey C, De Biasi M, Picciotto M, Lambe E. Plasticity of prefrontal attention circuitry: Upregulated muscarinic excitability in response to decreased nicotinic signaling following deletion of α5 or β2 subunits. Biochemical Pharmacology 2011, 82: 1036. DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.07.035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrefrontal attention circuitry