Physiological role of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors in visually responsive neurons of the rat superficial superior colliculus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 847-855

  Cirone, J ^a   Salt, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In vivo; Iontophoresis; L AP4; MGluR; MPPG; Vision

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISION;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034107391     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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