Facilitation of miniature GABAergic currents by ruthenium red in neonatal rat hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2316-2322

  Sciancalepore, Marina ^a   Savić, Nataša ^a   Györi, Jänos ^a   Cherubini, Enrico ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; HEPARIN; KYNURENIC ACID; RUTHENIUM RED; TETRODOTOXIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FACILITATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

EID: 0031760448     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2316     Document Type: Article

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