A comparative voltage and current-clamp analysis of feedback and feedforward synaptic transmission in the striatal microcircuit in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 737-752

  Gustafson, Nicholas ^a   Gireesh Dharmaraj, Elakkat ^a   Czubayko, Uwe ^a   Blackwell, Kim T ^b   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b George Mason University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN D; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEEDBACK; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33644853067     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00802.2005     Document Type: Article

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