Extracellular K+ accumulations and synchronous GABA-mediated potentials evoked by 4-aminopyridine in the adult rat hippocampus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-82

  Morris, M E ^a   Obrocea, G V ^a   Avoli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Extracellular K+ ; GABA ( aminobutyric acid); Ion selective microelectrodes; Long lasting field potentials

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPOLARIZATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029922418     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00228628     Document Type: Article

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