Local synaptic release of glutamate from neurons in the rat hypothalamic arcuate nucleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 499, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 747-761

  Belousov, Andrei B ^a   Van Den Pol, Anthony N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HORMONE RELEASE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031002543     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021966     Document Type: Article

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