Organization and properties of GABAergic neurons in solitary tract nucleus (NTS)

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1712-1722

  Bailey, Timothy W ^a   Appleyard, Suzanne M ^a,b   Jin, Young Ho ^a,c   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 42249092336     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00038.2008     Document Type: Article

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