Epileptogenesis in vivo enhances the sensitivity of inhibitory presynaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in basolateral amygdala neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 983-995

  Neugebauer, Volker ^a   Keele, N Bradley ^a   Shinnick Gallagher, Patricia ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant; basolateral amygdala; epilepsy; excitatory amino acids; kindling; L AP4; L CCG; limbic seizures; MAP4; MCCG; metabotropic glutamate receptors; neuromodulation; presynaptic; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0031020891     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-03-00983.1997     Document Type: Article

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