Oxytocin modulates glutamatergic synaptic transmission between cultured neonatal spinal cord dorsal horn neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2377-2386

  Jo, Young Hwan ^a   Stoeckel, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Freund Mercier, Marie José ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Dorsal horn neurons; EPSCs; GABA; Met enkephalin; Nociception; Oxytocin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METENKEPHALIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CHANNEL GATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032053976     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-07-02377.1998     Document Type: Article

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