Subtype-specific GABA transporter antagonists synergistically modulate phasic and tonic GABAA conductances in rat neocortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 2073-2085

  Keros, Sotirios ^a   Hablitz, John J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; NIPECOTIC ACID; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; ION CURRENT; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANISOLES; BICUCULLINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSCIMOL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; OXIMES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23944493552     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00520.2005     Document Type: Article

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