Aging decreases rebound synaptic excitation produced by removal of NMDA receptor block in the striatum

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 590-594

  Ou, Xiaorong ^a   Walsh, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Amino phosphonovaleric acid; Brain slice; Calcium; Desensitization; Intracellular recording; Rat

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030910818     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005668     Document Type: Article

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