Brain Cholinergic Mechanisms

• Main Author: Sukumar Vijayaraghavan (auth)
• Other Authors: Geeta Sharma (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; muscarinic; circuit; Interneurons; Addiction; nicotinic; Olfaction; Attention; Visual Cortex
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Much of our understanding of brain physiology has focused on what one might call, first order processes. These essentially include the primary synaptic mechanisms underlying excitation (mainly glutamate) and inhibition (mainly GABA). Our attention has focused on how the balance of excitation and inh...