Picrotoxin-sensitive receptors mediate γ-aminobutyric acid-induced modulation of synaptic plasticity in rat superior cervical ganglion

Brain Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-151

  González Burgos, Guillermo R ^a,b   Biali, Fabian I ^a   Cardinali, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid (GABA); GABA receptors; inhibition; long term potentiation; picrotoxin; superior cervical ganglion; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; HEXAMETHONIUM; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

EID: 0343907854     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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