Acting locally but sensing globally: Impact of GABAergic synaptic plasticity on phasic and tonic inhibition in the thalamus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5091-5099

  Bright, Damian P ^a   Brickley, Stephen G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CHELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; THALAMUS; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; FIRING RATE; INCUBATION TIME; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PENICILLAMINE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; THALAMUS;

EID: 55349092383     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.158576     Document Type: Article

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