Histamine facilitates in vivo thalamocortical long-term potentiation in the mature visual cortex of anesthetized rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1731-1738

  Kuo, Min Ching ^a   Dringenberg, Hans C ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Histamine receptors; LTP; NMDA receptor; Plasticity; Polyamine

Indexed keywords

ARCAINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; URETHAN; ZOLANTIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INHIBITION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; HISTAMINE; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THALAMUS; URETHANE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 41549156909     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06164.x     Document Type: Article

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