Effects of ketamine on synaptic transmission and long-term potentiation in layer II/III of rat visual cortex in vitro

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-293

  Salami, Mahmoud ^a   Fathollahi, Yaghoub ^b,c   Esteky, Hossein ^a   Motamedi, Fereshteh ^a   Atapour, Nafiseh ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ketamine; Long term potentiation; Primed burst stimulation; Synaptic plasticity; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; KETAMINE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034598989     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(00)00034-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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