Block of glutamate decarboxylase decreases GABAergic inhibition at the crayfish synapses: Possible role of presynaptic metabotropic mechanisms

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2089-2098

  Golan, Hava ^a,b   Grossman, Yoram ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINOOXYACETIC ACID; BACLOFEN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029936978     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.75.5.2089     Document Type: Article

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