Changes of spontaneous miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents in rat hippocampal pyramidal cells induced by aniracetam

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 435, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Ghamari Langroudi, M ^a   Glavinovic M I ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor channels; Aniracetam; Desensitization; Glutamate; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; ANIRACETAM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KINETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA;

EID: 0031887468     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050500     Document Type: Article

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