Effects of the volatile anesthetic enflurane on spontaneous discharge rate and GABA(A)-mediated inhibition of Purkinje cells in rat cerebellar slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2525-2538

  Antkowiak, Bernd ^a   Heck, Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ENFLURANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 0030979403     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2525     Document Type: Article

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