Role of synaptic metabotropic glutamate receptors in epileptiform discharges in hippocampal slices

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1625-1633

  Lee, Angela C ^a   Wong, Robert K S ^b   Chuang, Shih Chieh ^b   Shin, Hee Sup ^a   Bianchi, Riccardo ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; 4 CARBOXY 2 METHYLPHENYLGLYCINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036796648     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.2002.88.4.1625     Document Type: Article

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