Currents evoked by GABA and glycine in acutely dissociated neurons from the rat medial preoptic nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 256-260

  Karlsson, Urban ^a   Haage, David ^b   Johansson, Staffan ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine; Ion current; Ligand gated ion channel; Medial preoptic nucleus; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ION CHANNEL; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; ION CURRENT; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELLS, CULTURED; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIGANDS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0030729292     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00857-3     Document Type: Article

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