Laminar differences in bicuculline methiodide's effects on cortical neurons in the rat whisker/barrel system

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 146-156

  Kyriazi, Harold ^a   Carvell, George E ^b   Brumberg, Joshua C ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical column; GABA; Microiontophoresis; Receptive field; Somatosensory; Thalamocortical

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; IONTOPHORESIS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0031904668     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229870871     Document Type: Article

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