Morphological correlates of triadic circuitry in the lateral geniculate nucleus of cats and rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 748-757

  Lam, Y W ^a   Cox, C L ^a   Varela, C ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CATS; CELL SIZE; GENICULATE BODIES; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 12544250625     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00256.2004     Document Type: Article

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