GABA- and glycine-mediated inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in neonatal rat rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 429-442

  Lin, H H ^a   Wu, S Y ^a   Lai, C C ^a   Dun, N J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Central sympathetic nervous system; Inhibitory synaptic potentials; Medulla

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LUCIFER YELLOW; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0343852980     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00294-7     Document Type: Article

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