Pentobarbital enhances γ-aminobutyric acid-mediated excitation without altering synaptic plasticity in rat hippocampus

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 840-846

  Archer, David P ^a,b   Nguyen, Khanh Q ^a   Samanani, Naaznin ^a   Roth, Sheldon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICARBONATES; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA MODULATORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047250473     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000256874.33810.3a     Document Type: Article

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