The contrasting effects of dendrotoxins and other potassium channel blockers in the CA1 and dentate gyrus regions of rat hippocampal slices

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-343

  Southan, A P ^a,b   Owen, D G ^a,c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrotoxins; Field potential; Potassium channels; Rat Hippocampus; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DENDROTOXIN; MAST CELL DEGRANULATING PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; TETRYLAMMONIUM; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WAVEFORM;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELAPID VENOMS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 0030829567     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701392     Document Type: Article

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