Synchronous GABA-mediated potentials and epileptiform discharges in the rat limbic system in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3912-3924

  Avoli, Massimo ^a,d   Barbarosle, Michaela ^a   Lücke, Anne ^b   Nagao, Takeki ^c   Lopantsev, Valeri ^a   Köhling, Rüdiger ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; entorhinal cortex; excitatory amino acids; GABA; rat; seizures

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

EID: 0029948787     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-12-03912.1996     Document Type: Article

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