Effects of lamotrigine on field potentials, propagation, and long-term potentiation in rat prefrontal cortex in multi-electrode recording

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1141-1150

  Huang, Chin Wei ^a   Hsieh, Yi Jung ^b   Tsai, Jing Jane ^a   Huang, Chao Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Excitatory post synaptic potential; Lamotrigine; Long term potentiation; Prefrontal cortex; Presynaptic fiber volleys

Indexed keywords

LAMOTRIGINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIAZINES;

EID: 33645875901     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20797     Document Type: Article

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