Platelet-activating factor as a potential retrograde messenger

Journal of Lipid Mediators and Cell Signalling

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Kato, Kunio ^a,b   Zorumski, C F ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; LTP; PAF antagonist; patch clamp; platelet activating factor (PAF); slice

Indexed keywords

1 O ALKYLGLYCERO 3 PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; BN 57030; GINKGOLIDE B; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE MESSENGER; SECOND MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030250037     PISSN: 09297855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-7855(96)00543-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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