Ionic mechanisms of spontaneous GABAergic events in rat hippocampal slices exposed to 4-amino-pyridine

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2582-2591

  Lamsa, Karri ^a   Kaila, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINEETHANESULFONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; BENZOLAMIDE; BICARBONATE; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; ETHOXZOLAMIDE; FORMIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030712906     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.5.2582     Document Type: Article

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