Spontaneous synaptic activity is primarily GABAergic in vestibular nucleus neurons of the chick embryo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1182-1192

  Shao, Mei ^a   Hirsch, June C ^a   Giaume, Christian ^b   Peusner, Kenna D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b College de France ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NERVOUS SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 0041315443     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00076.2003     Document Type: Article

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