Membrane properties and synaptic inputs of suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons in rat brain slices

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 499, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-159

  Jiang, Zhi Gen ^a   Yang, YuQin ^a   Liu, Zhao Ping ^a   Allen, Charles N ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNEURON; ION CONDUCTANCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0031051454     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp021917     Document Type: Article

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