Physiology and pharmacology of native glycine receptors in developing rat auditory brainstem neurons

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-165

  Kungel, Martin ^a   Friauf, Eckhard ^a  

^a Zentrum der Physiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem slice; Cyanotriphenylborate; Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body; Picrotoxin; Superior olivary complex; Synapse maturation; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MATURATION; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BORATES; BRAIN STEM; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE;

EID: 0030842720     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00087-4     Document Type: Article

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