Multiple Actions of Methohexital on Hippocampal CA1 and Cortical Neurons of Rat Brain Slices1

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1177-1182

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Y D ^a   Wennberg, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; DAP 5; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HALOTHANE; METHOHEXITAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; WISTAR RAT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0032161598     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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