GABA uptake regulates cortical excitability via cell type-specific tonic inhibition

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 484-490

  Semyanov, Alexey ^a   Walker, Matthew C ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL TYPE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

EID: 0037408550     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1043     Document Type: Article

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