Excitatory synaptic transmission in the rat medial vestibular nucleus

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 528, 1997, Pages 56-58

  Takahashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium fluorometry; Glutamate receptor; NMDA receptor; Slice; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; COCHLEAR NERVE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROFLUOROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CYTOPHOTOMETRY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 0030632298     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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