Electrical properties of oxytocin neurons in organotypic cultures from postnatal rat hypothalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 2772-2785

  Jourdain, P ^a   Poulain, D A ^a   Theodosis, D T ^a   Israel, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; BACLOFEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; OXYTOCIN; QUISQUALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM CURRENT;

EID: 0029964765     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.4.2772     Document Type: Article

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