Enhancement of synaptic excitation by GABA(A) receptor antagonists in rat embryonic midbrain culture

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1113-1116

  Rohrbacher, Jutta ^a   Sauer, Katja ^a   Lewen, Andrea ^a   Misgeld, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031882908     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.2.1113     Document Type: Article

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