The group III metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, L-AP4, reduces EPSPS in some layers of rat visual cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 797, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-224

  Jin, Xiaotao ^a   Daw, Nigel W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Presynaptic; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER; VISUAL CORTEX;

ALANINE; AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CYCLOLEUCINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032577993     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00378-3     Document Type: Article

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