Metrifonate increases neuronal excitability in CA1 pyramidal neurons from both young and aging rabbit hippocampus

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1814-1823

  Oh, Matthew ^a   Power, John M ^a   Thompson, Lucien T ^a,c   Moriearty, Pamela L ^b   Disterhoft, John F ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Aging; Atropine; Carbachol; Cholinesterase inhibitor; Eserine; Hippocampal slice; Metrifonate; Rabbits; Spike frequency adaptation

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; METRIFONATE;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RABBIT; SPIKE;

EID: 0345390977     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-05-01814.1999     Document Type: Article

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