Synaptic inhibition in the isolated respiratory network of neonatal rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3823-3839

  Brockhaus, Johannes ^a   Ballanyi, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials; Medulla; Rhythm generation; Ventral respiratory group

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GRAMICIDIN; MUSCIMOL; NIPECOTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SARCOSINE; STRYCHNINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; APNEA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESPIRATORY DRIVE; RESPIRATORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACLOFEN; BICARBONATES; BICUCULLINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE AGENTS; GRAMICIDIN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RESPIRATION; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032466083     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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