Glycine induces a novel form of long-term potentiation in the superficial layers of the superior colliculus

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Platt, Bettina ^a   Bate, Joanne R ^b   Von Linstow Roloff, Eva ^b   Withington, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycine; Long term potentiation; NMDA; Plasticity; Slice; Strychnine; Superior colliculus; Voltage dependent calcium channels

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; ACETAZOLAMIDE; AMINO ACID; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CHLORIDE ION; DIZOCILPINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GUINEA PIG; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARBONATES; CHLORIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; GUINEA PIGS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PICROTOXIN; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STRYCHNINE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0031717548     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702062     Document Type: Article

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