Effects of α-pompilidotoxin on synchronized firing in networks of rat cortical neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-52

  Harsch, Annette ^a   Konno, Katsuhiro ^b   Takayama, Hiroaki ^b   Kawai, Nobufumi ^c   Robinson, Hugh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pompilidotoxin; Desynchronization; Neurotoxin; Rat cortex; Synaptic transmission; Synchronized activity

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; INSECT PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0344110502     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00555-2     Document Type: Article

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