NMDA and non-NMDA receptors mediate responses in the primary gustatory nucleus in goldfish

Chemical Senses

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Smeraski, Cynthia A ^a   Dunwiddie, Thomas V ^a   Diao, Lihong ^a   Finger, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GOLDFISH; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GOLDFISH; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE; VALINE;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032993349     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/24.1.37     Document Type: Article

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