Synaptic α5 subunit-containing GABAA receptors mediate ipsps elicited by dendrite-preferring cells in rat neocortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1260-1271

  Ali, Afia B ^a   Thomson, Alex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine site; GABAA; Interneuron; IPSPs; Neocortex; Synaptic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; ZINC CHLORIDE; ZOLPIDEM;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INNERVATION; INTERNEURON; JUVENILE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPIKE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; GABA AGONISTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPSES;

EID: 44449087824     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm160     Document Type: Article

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