Endocannabinoids mediate rapid retrograde signaling at interneuron → pyramidal neuron synapses of the neocortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2334-2338

  Trettel, Joseph ^a   Levine, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOCANNABINOID; N (4 HYDROXYPHENYL)ARACHIDONAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERNEURON; KINETICS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY NERVE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MORPHOLINES; NAPHTHALENES; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; PYRAZOLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037390731     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01037.2002     Document Type: Article

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