Confocal imaging of intracellular chloride in living brain slices: Measurement of GABA(A) receptor activity

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Inglefield, Jon R ^a   Schwartz Bloom, Rochelle D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Chloride sensitive dye; Fluorescence; Hippocampus; Inhibition; Neocortex; UV laser scanning confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALCOHOL; CHLORIDE ION; DIAZEPAM; MUSCIMOL; PENTOBARBITAL; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEOCORTEX; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0030816623     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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