Multiple types of GABAA receptors mediate inhibition in brain stem parasympathetic cardiac neurons in the nucleus ambiguus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3266-3272

  Bouairi, Euguenia ^a   Kamendi, Harriet ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Gorini, Christopher ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PICROTOXIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIDAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33751508789     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00590.2006     Document Type: Article

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