Glycine and GABA(A) receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in rat substantia gelatinosa: Inhibition by μ-opioid and GABA(B) agonists

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 507, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 473-483

  Grudt, Timothy J ^a,b   Henderson, Graeme ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE-ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; ENKEPHALIN; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL COUNT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONDUCTANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VITRO STUDY; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALINS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; STRYCHNINE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032030980     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.473bt.x     Document Type: Article

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