Cellular actions of urethane on rat visual cortical neurons in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3865-3874

  Sceniak, Michael P ^a   MacIver, M Bruce ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BARIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; URETHAN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; URETHANE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33744920825     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01196.2005     Document Type: Article

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