GABAA receptor-mediated tonic currents in substantia gelatinosa neurons of rat spinal trigeminal nucleus pars caudalis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-301

  Han, Sang mi ^a   Youn, Dong ho ^a  

^a School of Dentistry and Brain Korea 21   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Caudalis; GABAA receptor; Spinal trigeminal nucleus; Substantia gelatinosa; Tonic current

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; NEUROSTEROID; PICROTOXIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ION CHANNEL; TETRAHYDRODEOXYCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS PARS CAUDALIS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 47249146391     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.06.048     Document Type: Article

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