Carnosine-induced inward currents in rat olfactory bulb neurons in cultured slices

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 167-170

  Kanaki, Kentarou ^a   Kawashima, Sachiyo ^a   Kashiwayanagi, Makoto ^a   Kurihara, Kenzo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Camosine; Inward current; Neuroeffector; Olfactory bulb; Olfactory pathway; Slice culture

Indexed keywords

CARNOSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARNOSINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OLFACTORY BULB; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030866695     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00555-7     Document Type: Article

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