Bicuculline methiodide potentiates NMDA-dependent burst firing in rat dopamine neurons by blocking apamin-sensitive Ca2+-activated K+ currents

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Johnson, Steven W ^a   Seutin, Vincent ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apamin; Brain slice; Burst firing; Dopamine neuron; N methyl D aspartate; Picrotoxin; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; BEE VENOM; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APAMIN; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; PICROTOXIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TETRODOTOXIN; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0030760887     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00508-9     Document Type: Article

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