Excitatory but not inhibitory synaptic transmission is reduced in lethargic (Cacnb4(lh)) and tottering (Cacna1a(tg)) mouse thalami

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2066-2074

  Caddick, Sarah J ^a   Wang, Chunsheng ^b   Fletcher, Colin F ^c   Jenkins, Nancy A ^c   Copeland, Neal G ^c   Hosford, David A ^b,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; LETHARGY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032982275     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2066     Document Type: Article

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