Characterization of striatal activity in conscious rats: Contribution of NMDA and AMPA/kainate receptors to both spontaneous and glutamate-driven firing

Synapse

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Sandstrom, Michael I ^a   Rebec, George V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA kainate receptors; Glutamate iontophoresis; NMDA receptors; Single unit electrophysiology; Striatum

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRIATE CORTEX;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0037291547     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.10142     Document Type: Article

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