Oxytocin-induced postinhibitory rebound firing facilitates bursting activity in oxytocin neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-394

  Israel, Jean Marc ^a,b   Poulain, Dominique A ^a,b   Oliet, Stéphane H R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Calcium current; GABA; Hypothalamus; Lactation; Neuroendocrine; Supraoptic

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LACTATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 38349044363     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5198-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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