GABAergic synapses of the suprachiasmatic nucleus exhibit a diurnal rhythm of short-term synaptic plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2791-2798

  Gompf, Heinrich S ^a   Allen, Charles N ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL VACUOLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; CALCIUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942566411     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03382.x     Document Type: Article

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