GABA metabolism controls inhibition efficacy in the mammalian CNS

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-28

  Golan, Hava ^a   Talpalar, Adolfo E ^a   Schleifstein Attias, Drorit ^a   Grossman, Yoram ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytosolic aminobutyric acid; Dentate gyrus; Glutamate decarboxylase block; Hippocampus; Paired pulse inhibition; Spinal monosynaptic reflex; Synaptic release; Aminobutyric acid T block

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NIPECOTIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029824066     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13061-5     Document Type: Article

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