Physiology and pharmacology of native glycine receptors in developing rat ventral tegmental area neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 862, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 74-82

  Ye, Jiang Hong ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride ion channel; Desensitization; Gramicidin perforated patch clamp; Intracellular Cl concentration; Picrotoxin; Strychnine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GRAMICIDIN; PICROTOXIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION CURRENT; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHLORIDES; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0034678722     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02073-4     Document Type: Article

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