Intact synaptic GABAergic inhibition and altered neurosteroid modulation of thalamic relay neurons in mice lacking δ subunit

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1378-1386

  Porcello, Darrell M ^a   Huntsman, Molly M ^a   Mihalek, Robert M ^b   Homanics, Gregg E ^b   Huguenard, John R ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMUS;

ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNENOLONE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037340216     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00899.2002     Document Type: Article

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