Acetylcholine as Transmitter in the Cerebral Cortex

摘要: Both longer and more firmly established as a peripheral transmitter than any other agent, acetylcholine (ACh) is by no means well defined in the cerebral cortex. As will be made clear below (and contributors to this section), it unlikely that ACh fast-acting at most synapses vertebrate CNS. There wide consensus rather modulates synaptic activity nonconventional mechanisms which tend suppress outward currents normally stabilize membrane potential. In introductory chapter, salient features of relation cortical neurons are briefly reviewed, detailed descriptions various actions being given following chapters.