Excitatory effects of adenosine are not mediated by inhibition of GABAergic system in slices of superior colliculus and hippocampus from guinea pig

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 37-40

  Kobayashi, Keizo ^a   Okada, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid; Adenosine; Excitatory effect; Hippocampal slices; Neurotransmission; Superior collicular slices

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ADENOSINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADENOSINE; ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDOLES; MALEIMIDES; NEURAL INHIBITION; PICROTOXIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033515703     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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