Neurotransmitters of vestibular commissural inhibition in the cat

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-69

  Furuya, Nobuhiko ^a   Koizumi, Tatsurou ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA(A) receptor; GABAergic type II neuron; Glycine receptor; Phaclofen; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHACLOFEN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CATS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0031910764     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850155143     Document Type: Article

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