Isoproterenol potentiates synaptic transmission primarily by enhancing presynaptic calcium influx via P- and/or Q-type calcium channels in the rat amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1026-1033

  Huang, Chiung Chun ^a   Hsu, Kuei Sen ^a   Gean, Po Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

amygdala; calcium channel; glutamate receptor; isoproterenol; long term potentiation; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ISOPRENALINE; KYNURENIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; OMEGA AGATOXIN IVA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029875904     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-03-01026.1996     Document Type: Article

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