The dynamics of synchronized neurotransmitter release determined from compound spontaneous IPSCs in rat dentate granule neurones in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 510, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 477-497

  Williams, Stephen R ^a,c   Buhl, Eberhard H ^b   Mody, Istvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FLURAZEPAM; TIAGABINE; BENZODIAZEPINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; DENTATE GYRUS GRANULAR LAYER; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 0032528072     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1998.477bk.x     Document Type: Article

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