Peripheral GABAergic inhibition of spider mechanosensory afferents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 96-104

  Panek, Izabela ^a,b   French, Andrew S ^a   Seyfarth, Ernst August ^c   Sekizawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Torkkeli, Päivi H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod; GABA; Mechanoreceptor; Presynaptic inhibition; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIDER; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MUSCIMOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDERS;

EID: 0036458595     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02065.x     Document Type: Article

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