Morphological and electrical characteristics of postnatal hippocampal neurons in culture: The presence of bicuculline- and strychnine-sensitive IPSPs

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 236-250

  Fatima Shad, K ^a   Barry, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine; IPSP; Patch clamp; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0031897762     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80072-4     Document Type: Article

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