Bursting of prefrontal cortex neurons in awake rats is regulated by metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGlu5) receptors: Rate-dependent influence and interaction with NMDA receptors

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-105

  Homayoun, Houman ^a   Moghaddam, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ensemble single unit recording; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; NMDA receptor hypofunction; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; DIZOCILPINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; WAKEFULNESS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 28644440123     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhi087     Document Type: Article

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