Activation and integration of bilateral GABA-mediated synaptic inputs in neonatal rat sympathetic preganglionic neurones in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-203

  Whyment, Andrew D ^a   Wilson, Jennifer M M ^b   Renaud, Leo P ^b   Spanswick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; BACLOFEN; BENZYL[3 [[1 (3,4 DICHLOROPHENYL)ETHYL]AMINO] 2 HYDROXYPROPYL]PHOSPHINIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCIMOL; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN; CESIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN STEM; CELL POLARITY; CHLORIDE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SLICE; VENTRAL ROOT; ARTICLE; FIRING RATE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD SLICE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1542269770     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.055665     Document Type: Review

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