GABAergic transmission in the rat paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus is suppressed by corticosterone and stress

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-121

  Verkuyl, J Martin ^a   Karst, Henk ^a   Joëls, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Parvocellular neurons; Patch clamp recording; Restraint stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SECRETORY VESICLE; STRESS; WHOLE CELL;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13244262928     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03846.x     Document Type: Article

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