Electrophysiological and pharmacological characterization of the direct perforant path input to hippocampal area CA3

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2111-2118

  Berzhanskaya, Julia ^a   Urban, Nathaniel N ^a   Barrionuevo, German ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031897305     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.2111     Document Type: Article

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