Differential inhibitory control of semicircular canal nerve afferent-evoked inputs in second-order vestibular neurons by glycinergic and GABAergic circuits

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1758-1769

  Biesdorf, Stefan ^b   Malinvaud, David ^a   Reichenberger, Ingrid ^b   Pfanzelt, Sandra ^a,b   Straka, Hans ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FROG; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RANA TEMPORARIA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; REFLEX, MONOSYNAPTIC; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 42249083265     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01207.2007     Document Type: Article

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