Zn2+ depresses GABAA receptor mediated responses in acutely dissociated sacral dorsal commissural neurons

Acta Physiologica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-655

  Pang, Zhi Ping ^a   Wang, Dian Shi ^a   Xu, Tian Le ^a   Li, Ji Shuo ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissociated cells; GABAA receptor; Nystatin perforated whole cell recording; Sacral dorsal commissural nucleus; Zinc

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NYSTATIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; NYSTATIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD; ZINC;

EID: 0040294562     PISSN: 03710874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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