Postsynaptic mechanisms underlying responsiveness of amygdaloid neurons to nociceptin/orphanin FQ

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8133-8144

  Meis, Susanne ^a   Pape, Hans Christian ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Electrophysiology; Nociceptin; Orphanin FQ; Pharmacology; Potassium inward rectifier

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NOCICEPTIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032531784     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-20-08133.1998     Document Type: Article

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