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. 2008 Dec 1;587(Pt 2):345–361. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.162743

Table 3.

Pharmacological features of nicotinic responses in VTA DAergic neurons – agonists

Type n IAch (pA) Icholine/IACh IRJR/IACh Icytisine(pA) EC50 Hill Major subunits
ID 13 100 ± 14 32 ± 4%* 78 ± 17% 0 RJR-2403: 12 μm 0.9 α4β2
IID 7 140 ± 14 87 ± 7% 25 ± 7%** 0 Choline: 4.6 mm 0.9 α7
IIID 5 592 ± 139 7 ± 3%** 20 ± 6%** 148 ± 41* Nicotine: 5.1 μm 0.7 β4-containing
*

P < 0.05 compared to IACh,

**

P < 0.01 compared to IACh.