Suppression by GABAB receptors of 4-aminopyridine-induced hyperactivity in guinea-pig dentate neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-52

  Bijak, Maria ^a,b   Misgeld, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; GABAA receptors; Granule cells; Hilar neurons; Paroxysmal depolarizing shifts; Aminobutyric acid (GABA)B receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DENTATE GYRUS; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 0029670756     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12368-5     Document Type: Article

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