Role of platelet-activating factor in long-term potentiation of the rat medial vestibular nuclei

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3266-3271

  Grassi, Silvarosa ^a   Francescangeli, Ermelinda ^a   Goracci, Gianfrancesco ^a   Pettorossi, Vito E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 [N (2 METHOXY 3 OCTADECYLCARBAMOYLOXYPROPOXYCARBONYL)ACETAMIDOMETHYL] 1 ETHYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE; GINKGOLIDE B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031818212     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.6.3266     Document Type: Article

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