Functional GABAergic synaptic connection in neonatal mouse barrel cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4684-4695

  Agmon, Ariel ^a,c   Hollrigel, Greg ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrel cortex; GABA synapses; postnatal development; synaptic fatigue; synaptic inhibition; whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 0029952615     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-15-04684.1996     Document Type: Article

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