Age-related changes in GABA(A) receptor subunit composition and function in rat auditory system

Neuroscience

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 307-312

  Caspary, D M ^a   Holder, T M ^a   Hughes, L F ^a   Milbrandt, J C ^a   McKernan, R M ^b   Naritoku, D K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory system; GABA(A) receptor; Inferior colliculus; Rat; Subunits

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CHLORIDE TRANSPORT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRESBYACUSIS; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORIDES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEARING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033003138     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00121-9     Document Type: Article

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