Differential sensitivity of medium- and large-sized striatal neurons to NMDA but not kainate receptor activation in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1577-1589

  Cepeda, Carlos ^a   Itri, Jason N ^a   Flores Hernández, Jorge ^a   Hurst, Raymond S ^a,b   Calvert, Christopher R ^a   Levine, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Electrophysiology; Excitatory amino acid receptors; Excitotoxicity; Huntington's disease

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL SIZE; CELL SWELLING; CELL TYPE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; STRIATE CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0035784694     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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