Unitary IPSPs enhance hilar mossy cell gain in the rat hippocampus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 578, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 451-470

  Kerr, Angharad M ^a   Capogna, Marco ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EGLUMETAD; GRAMICIDIN; MIBEFRADIL; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM; ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIRING RATE; HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER; HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE; MOSSY CELL; NERVE CELL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEURONAL GAIN; UNITARY EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; UNITARY INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PILOCARPINE; PYRIDAZINES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33846222477     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.121608     Document Type: Article

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