Regulation of tonic GABA inhibitory function, presympathetic neuronal activity and sympathetic outflow from the paraventricular nucleus by astroglial GABA transporters

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 587, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4645-4660

  Park, Jin Bong ^a,b   Jo, Ji Yoon ^a,b   Zheng, Hong ^c   Patel, Kaushik P ^c   Stern, Javier E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (4,4 DIPHENYL 3 BUTENYL)NIPECOTIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 1; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER 3; BETA ALANINE; ISOPROTEIN; NIPECOTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 AMINOADIPIC ACID; GABA TRANSPORTER 1; GABA TRANSPORTER 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROGLIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; FIRING RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA;

2-AMINOADIPIC ACID; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 70350397908     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.173435     Document Type: Article

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