Properties of spontaneous miniature GABA(A) receptor mediated synaptic currents in area CA3 of rat hippocampal slice cultures

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Thompson, Scott M ^a   Poncer, Jean Christophe ^a   Capogna, Marco ^a   Gähwiler, Beat H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Interneuron; Synaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOGRAM; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030852801     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-75-5-495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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