Excitatory amino acid receptors at a feedback pathway in the electrosensory system: Implications for the searchlight hypothesis

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1869-1881

  Berman, Neil J ^a   Plant, James ^a,b   Turner, Ray W ^a,c   Maler, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRORECEPTOR; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030757565     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.4.1869     Document Type: Article

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