Properties of GABA(A) receptors underlying inhibitory synaptic currents in neocortical pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 7220-7227

  Galarreta, Mario ^a   Hestrin, Shaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Desensitization; GABA; GABA(A) receptor; Inhibition; Inhibitory synapse; Miniature IPSC; Pyramidal neuron; Rapid agonist application; Saturation; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DESENSITIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030612645     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-19-07220.1997     Document Type: Article

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