Pharmacological analysis of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic transmission in horizontal brainstem slices preserving three subnuclei of spinal trigeminal nucleus

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Han, Sang Mi ^a   Ahn, Dong Kuk ^a   Youn, Dong Ho ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EPSC; Horizontal brainstem slice; IPSC; Spinal trigeminal nucleus; Synaptic transmission; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS SUBNUCLEUS CAUDALIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS SUBNUCLEUS INTERPOLARIS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS SUBNUCLEUS ORALIS; WHOLE CELL;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL; VALINE;

EID: 36849048304     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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