Membrane properties and synaptic currents evoked in CA1 interneuron subtypes in rat hippocampal slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Morin, France ^a   Beaulieu, Clermont ^a   Lacaille, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0029941429     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.1     Document Type: Article

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