Nicotinic Modulation of Glutamate and GABA Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampal Neurons

Molecular cloning, functional properties, and distribution of rat brain alpha 7: a nicotinic cation channel highly permeable to calcium

1993 • 1,455 citations

Mortality from tobacco in developed countries: indirect estimation from national vital statistics

1992 • 1,416 citations

Presynaptic nicotinic ACh receptors

1997 • 1,313 citations

Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine

1998 • 1,304 citations

Linkage of a neurophysiological deficit in schizophrenia to a chromosome 15 locus

1997 • 1,142 citations

A missense mutation in the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit is associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

1995 • 1,112 citations

Distribution of alpha2, alpha3, alpha4, and beta2 neuronal nicotinic receptor subunit mRNAs in the central nervous system: A hybridization histochemical study in the rat

1989 • 1,049 citations

The Diversity of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

1993 • 1,040 citations

Hippocampal synaptic transmission enhanced by low concentrations of nicotine

1996 • 955 citations

Cholinergic systems in mammalian brain and spinal cord

1991 • 942 citations

A neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit (α7) is developmentally regulated and forms a homo-oligomeric channel blocked by α-BTX

1990 • 923 citations

α9: An acetylcholine receptor with novel pharmacological properties expressed in rat cochlear hair cells

1994 • 869 citations

Nicotinic Receptors in the Development and Modulation of CNS Synapses

1996 • 771 citations

Nicotine activates and desensitizes midbrain dopamine neurons

1997 • 762 citations

Mechanisms Underlying Long-Term Potentiation of Synaptic Transmission

1991 • 615 citations

Toward a structural basis for the function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and their cousins

1995 • 614 citations

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Nicotine Abuse

1996 • 605 citations

Excitatory and inhibitory autaptic currents in isolated hippocampal neurons maintained in cell culture.

1991 • 589 citations

Turning of nerve growth cones induced by neurotransmitters

1994 • 583 citations

Nicotinic systems and cognitive function

1992 • 519 citations

Calcium modulation and high calcium permeability of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

1992 • 465 citations

Pentameric structure and subunit stoichiometry of a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

1991 • 463 citations

Isolation of a cDNA clone coding for a possible neural nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α-subunit

1986 • 444 citations

The cholinergic system in Alzheimer's disease

1997 • 399 citations

Members of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene family are expressed in different regions of the mammalian central nervous system

1987 • 393 citations

Acetylcholine Activates an α-Bungarotoxin-Sensitive Nicotinic Current in Rat Hippocampal Interneurons, But Not Pyramidal Cells

1998 • 380 citations

Epibatidine, a potent analgetic and nicotinic agonist.

1994 • 371 citations

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activation modulates gamma-aminobutyric acid release from CA1 neurons of rat hippocampal slices.

1997 • 330 citations

Functional Expression of a New Pharmacological Subtype of Brain Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

1988 • 314 citations

Primary structure and expression of β2: A novel subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

1988 • 301 citations

The functional diversity of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors is increased by a novel subunit: β4

1989 • 294 citations

Nicotinic Stimulation Produces Multiple Forms of Increased Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission

1998 • 274 citations

Functional nicotinic ACh receptors on interneurones in the rat hippocampus

1997 • 273 citations

alpha-Bungarotoxin-sensitive hippocampal nicotinic receptor channel has a high calcium permeability

1995 • 264 citations

Evidence for "preterminal" nicotinic receptors on GABAergic axons in the rat interpeduncular nucleus

1993 • 255 citations

Neuronal acetylcholine receptors that bind alpha-bungarotoxin mediate neurite retraction in a calcium-dependent manner

1994 • 246 citations

Nicotinic and muscarinic modulations of excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat prefrontal cortexin vitro

1993 • 244 citations

Homomers of alpha 8 and alpha 7 subunits of nicotinic receptors exhibit similar channel but contrasting binding site properties.

1994 • 207 citations

Alpha-bungarotoxin binding to hippocampal interneurons: immunocytochemical characterization and effects on growth factor expression

1993 • 205 citations

Fast Synaptic Signaling by Nicotinic Acetylcholine and Serotonin 5-HT₃Receptors in Developing Visual Cortex

1997 • 194 citations

Pharmacology of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes

1997 • 179 citations

Calcium permeability of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: the single-channel calcium influx is significant

1990 • 178 citations

Paired‐pulse modulation of fast excitatory synaptic currents in microcultures of rat hippocampal neurons.

1995 • 176 citations

Pharmacology of memory: cholinergic—glutamatergic interactions

1995 • 163 citations

Quantitative measurement of calcium flux through muscle and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

1994 • 162 citations

Nicotinic antagonist administration into the ventral hippocampus and spatial working memory in rats

1997 • 162 citations

Receptor classes and the transmitter-gated ion channels

1992 • 153 citations

Nicotine as a psychoactive drug: anxiety and pain reduction.

1986 • 117 citations

The reliability of excitatory synaptic transmission in slices of rat visual cortex in vitro is temperature dependent

1998 • 115 citations

“Orphan” α6 Nicotinic AChR Subunit Can Form a Functional Heteromeric Acetylcholine Receptor

1997 • 112 citations

Pathological mutations of nicotinic receptors and nicotine-based therapies for brain disorders

1997 • 100 citations

Blockade of hippocampal nicotinic receptors impairs working memory but not reference memory in rats

1993 • 100 citations

α-Bungarotoxin blocks the nicotinic receptor mediated increase in cell number in a neuroendocrine cell line

1994 • 92 citations

Nicotinic receptor activation facilitates gabaergic neurotransmission in the avian lateral spiriform nucleus

1994 • 89 citations

Structural basis for explaining open-channel blockade of the NMDA receptor

1995 • 72 citations

Estimating the Distribution of Synaptic Reliabilities

1997 • 66 citations

Nicotinic cholinoceptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potentials in rat nucleus ambiguus

1993 • 57 citations

Synaptic plasticity: The basis of particular types of learning

1996 • 55 citations

Behavioral evidence for a modulating role of σ ligands in memory processes. II. Reversion of carbon monoxide-induced amnesia

1994 • 50 citations

Nicotinic receptor mediates spontaneous GABA release in the rat dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus

1997 • 48 citations