PKC activation sets an upper limit to the functional plasticity of GABAergic transmission induced by endogenous neurosteroids

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1173-1182

  Vergnano, Angela Maria ^a   Schlichter, Rémy ^a   Poisbeau, Pierrick ^a  

^a Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Inhibitory post synaptic currents; Nociception; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord; Substantia gelatinosa of Rolando

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CHELERYTHRINE; NEUROSTEROID; PROTEIN KINASE C; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FINASTERIDE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INTERNEURONS; ISOQUINOLINES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHORBOL 12,13-DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STEROIDS;

EID: 34548321411     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05746.x     Document Type: Article

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