Silent GABA(A) synapses during flurazepam withdrawal are region-specific in the hippocampal formation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3467-3475

  Poisbeau, Pierrick ^a   Williams, Stephen R ^a   Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

benzodiazepines; drug dependence; GABA(A); hippocampus; inhibitory synapses; IPSCs; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FLURAZEPAM; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; FLURAZEPAM; GABA MODULATORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030611972     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-10-03467.1997     Document Type: Article

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