title: Nicotine exerts differential effects on different CA1 hippocampal cell types.
abstract: The effects of (-) nicotine hydrogen tartrate (NHT) were examined on several cell types in the CA1 region of rat hippocampus. The results indicate that nicotine may have a preferential net inhibitory effect on basket cells and an excitatory effect on oriens/alveus interneurons. The resultant effects of nicotine on pyramidal cells may thus be a product of complex local circuit interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Schwartzkroin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003712:Dendrites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007395:Interneurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009538:Nicotine