Glutamate-evoked currents in acutely dissociated neurons from the rat medial preoptic nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 270-276

  Karlsson, Urban ^a   Sundgren, Anna K ^b   Näsström, Jacques ^a   Johansson, Staffan ^c  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AMPA; Glutamate; Ion current; Medial preoptic nucleus; NMDA; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; ION CURRENT; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030793638     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00262-X     Document Type: Article

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