Dose-response study of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate on dentate gyrus long term potentiation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Yoo, A ^a   Harris, J ^a   Dubrovsky, B ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PRASTERONE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030068562     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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