Isoflurane modulates glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in the amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1276-1280

  Ranft, Andreas ^a,b   Kurz, Jörg ^a,b   Deuringer, Martin ^a,b   Haseneder, Rainer ^a,b   Dodt, Hans Ulrich ^b   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^b   Kochs, Eberhard ^a   Eder, Matthias ^b   Hapfelmeier, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Mouse; Synaptic signalling; Volatile anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ISOFLURANE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4544312085     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03603.x     Document Type: Article

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