Hyperexcitability in combined entorhinal/hippocampal slices of adult rat after exposure to brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1082-1095

  Scharfman, Helen E ^a,b  

^a HELEN HAYES HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOCHROME C; K 252A; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOSSY FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0030794484     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.2.1082     Document Type: Article

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