Effects of steroids on NMDA receptors and excitatory synaptic transmission in neonatal motoneurons in rat spinal cord slices

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-502

  Abdrachmanova, Galya ^a   Chodounská, Hana ^b   Vyklický Jr , Ladislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

20 oxo 5 pregnan 3 yl sulfate; 20 oxo 5 pregnan 3 a yl sulfate; 20 oxopregn 5 en 3 yl sulfate; EPSC; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

20 OXO 5ALPHA PREGNAN 3ALPHA YL SULFATE; 20 OXO 5BETA PREGNAN 3ALPHA YL SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; STEROIDS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035723851     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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