Thymosin alpha-1 modulate excitatory synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-84

  Yang, Sheng ^a   Liu, Zhen Wei ^a   Zhou, Wen Xia ^a   Zhang, Yong Xiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Miniature excitatory postsynaptic current (mEPSC); Synaptic transmission; Thymosin alpha 1 (T 1); Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN ALPHA1;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0041825217     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00862-0     Document Type: Article

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