Influence of actinomycin D, a RNA synthesis inhibitor, on long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal neurons in vivo and in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 703-711

  Frey, Uwe ^a   Frey, Sabine ^a   Schollmeier, Franziska ^a   Krug, Manfred ^b  

^a Special Lab for Noninvasive Brain Imaging   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030064318     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021179     Document Type: Article

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