Dendritic glutamate-induced bursting in prefrontal pyramidal cells: Role of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1125-1131

  Zhang, Xue Xiang ^a   Shi, Wei Xing ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Dendrites; Electrophysiology; Iontophoresis; N methyl D aspartate receptors; Prefrontal cortex; Pyramidal cells; Sodium glutamate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 METHYL 5 PHOSPHONO 3 PENTENOIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0032804835     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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