Developmental changes in the fidelity and short-term plasticity of GABAergic synapses in the neonatal rat dorsal horn

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3144-3150

  Ingram, Rachel A ^a   Fitzgerald, Maria ^a   Baccei, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SHORT TERM DEPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 57049100970     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01342.2007     Document Type: Article

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