Electrophysiological mapping of GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in adult rat somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1589-1600

  Salin, Paul A ^a,b   Prince, David A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0029666315     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.4.1589     Document Type: Article

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