Sharp wave-like activity in the hippocampus in vitro in mice lacking the gap junction protein connexin 36

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2046-2054

  Pais, Isabel ^a   Hormuzdi, Sheriar G ^b   Monyer, Hannah ^b   Traub, Roger D ^c   Wood, Ian C ^a   Buhl, Eberhard H ^a   Whittington, Miles A ^a   LeBeau, Fiona E N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; BICUCULLINE; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 36; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; TRIMETHYLAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXINS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; KAINIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 0345269155     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00549.2002     Document Type: Article

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