Spontaneous GABAA receptor-mediated inhibitory currents in adult rat somatosensory cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1573-1588

  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; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029666317     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.4.1573     Document Type: Article

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