Electrophysiology of excitatory and inhibitory afferents to rat histaminergic tuberomammillary nucleus neurons from hypothalamic and forebrain sites

Brain Research

Volumn 773, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 162-172

  Yang, Q Z ^a   Hatton, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagonal band of broca; GABA(A) receptor; Intracellular recording; Lateral hypothalamus; Lateral preoptic area; NMDA receptor; Non NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030693331     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00932-3     Document Type: Article

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