Electrotonic coupling between stratum oriens interneurones in the intact in vitro mouse juvenile hippocampus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 558, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 825-839

  Zhang, Xiao Lei ^a,b   Zhang, Liang ^a,b,d   Carlen, Peter L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ION; CARBENOXOLONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GAP JUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SPIKE WAVE; STRATUM ORIENS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROTONIC COUPLING; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED MICROSCOPY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; SPIKE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CARBENOXOLONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 4444346831     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2004.065649     Document Type: Article

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