Halothane affects both inhibitory and excitatory synaptic transmission at a single identified molluscan synapse, in vivo and in vitro

Brain Research

Volumn 714, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 38-48

  Spencer, Gaynor E ^b   Syed, Naweed I ^b   Lukowiak, Ken ^b   Winlow, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthetic; Cell culture; FMRFamide; Identified neuron; Lymnaea stagnalis; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; HALOTHANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029914618     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01450-0     Document Type: Article

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