Comparison of responses of spontaneously active cells in the cerebellar purkinje layer to parallel fibre stimulation in slice preparations and urethane-anaesthetised rats: Effects of benzodiazepine receptor ligands

General Pharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Gardner, C R ^b,c   Hussain, S ^a   Pringle, A ^a   Bagust, J ^a   Walker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Roussel Laboratories Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Cerebellum; GABA; Purkinje cells; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2,4 DIHYDRO 2 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYLMETHYL) 8 NITRO 1H IMIDAZO[1,2 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPIN 1 ONE; 8 AZIDO 5,6 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 6 OXO 4H IMIDAZO[1,5 A][1,4]BENZODIAZEPINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BICUCULLINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031986096     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(97)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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