The responsiveness of the rat intergeniculate leaflet neurons to glutamatergic agonists

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 669-681

  Blasiak A ^a   Pekala D ^a   Lewandowski, Marian H ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Electrophysiology; Retino intergeniculate pathway

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; GENICULATE BODY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; NONHUMAN; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENICULATE BODIES; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SODIUM GLUTAMATE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 38149135098     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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