Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid decreases thalamic sensory excitatory postsynaptic potentials by an action on presynaptic GABA(B) receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Emri, Zsuzsa ^a   Antal, Kàroly ^a   Crunelli, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus; Excitatory postsynaptic potential; GABA(B) receptor; Gamma hydroxybutyric acid; Ventrobasal thalamus

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NCS 382; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030603991     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13016-0     Document Type: Article

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