Release from GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition unmasks interlaminar connection within superior colliculus in anesthetized adult rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-83

  Katsuta, Hideyuki ^a   Isa, Tadashi ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disinhibition; Field potential; In vivo; Orientation; Retinotectal projection; Unit recording; Vertical connection

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; ISOFLURANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037405419     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(03)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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