Firing properties and connectivity of neurons in the rat lateral central nucleus of the amygdala

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1285-1294

  De Armentia, Mikel Lopez ^b   Sah, Pankaj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPRENALINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UCL 1848; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; QUINOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 4143118042     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00211.2004     Document Type: Article

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