Volatile anaesthetic enhancement of paired-pulse depression investigated in the rat hippocampus in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 823-840

  Pearce, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

EID: 0029989061     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021349     Document Type: Article

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