Effects of gaba on neurons of the gustatory and visceral zones of the parabrachial nucleus in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 799, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 323-328

  Kobashi, Motoi ^a,c   Bradley, Robert M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Parabrachial nucleus; Sensory processing; Slice; Synaptic processing

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; PONS; RATS; TASTE; VISCERA;

EID: 0032551593     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00480-6     Document Type: Article

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