Intrinsic excitation in the rat neostriatum mediated by acetylcholine.
Synaptic excitation elicited by local stimulation in neostriatal slices was found to be mediated by acetylcholine (ACh). The synapses generating this excitation belong to intrinsic neurons. Thus, for the first time, direct evidence for the existence of intrinsic excitatory cholinergic neurons in the neostriatum is provided.
D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology; D014403:Tubocurarine / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000109:Acetylcholine; D014403:Tubocurarine