Inhibitory synaptic transmission in isolated patches of membrane from cultured rat spinal cord and medullary neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 461-470

  Lewis, C A ^a   Faber, D S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029982693     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.461     Document Type: Article

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