Patch-clamp study on membrane properties and transmitter activated currents of rabbit area postrema neurons

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 771-778

  Jahn, K ^a   Bufler, J ^a   Weindl, A ^a   Arzberger, T ^a   Hatt, H ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area postrema; GABA receptor; Glutamate receptor; Patch clamp; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RNA PROBE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN STEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RNA PROBES;

EID: 0030159791     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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