Group II and group III metabotropic glutamate receptor agonists depress synaptic transmission in the rat spinal cord dorsal horn

Neuroscience

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-406

  Gerber, G ^a   Zhong, J ^a   Youn, D H ^a   Randic, M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DCG IV; Dorsal horn; Excitatory postsynaptic potential; L AP4; Metabotropic glutamate receptor; Rat spinal cord

Indexed keywords

2 (2,3 DICARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL)GLYCINE; 2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; ALPHA CYCLOPROPYL 4 PHOSPHONOPHENYLGLYCINE; ALPHA ETHYLGLUTAMATE; BICUCULLINE METHIODIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICONVULSANTS; CYCLOPROPANES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLYCINE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034648712     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00269-4     Document Type: Article

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