Glycinergic mIPSCs in mouse and rat brainstem auditory nuclei: Modulation by ruthenium red and the role of calcium stores

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 546, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 691-699

  Lim, Rebecca ^a,b   Oleskevich, Sharon ^a   Few, Alexandra P ^a,b   Leao, Richardson N ^a   Walmsley, Bruce ^a  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; RUTHENIUM RED; RYANODINE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ATTENUATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHANNEL GATING; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CHELATING AGENTS; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GLYCINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUTHENIUM RED; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037322887     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.035071     Document Type: Review

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