Synchronized bursts of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 588, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 939-951

  Popescu, Ion R ^a   Morton, Linda A ^b   Franco, Alier ^a   Di, Shi ^a   Ueta, Yoichi ^c   Tasker, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; HORMONE; TETRODOTOXIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MINIATURE INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 77951706664     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.181461     Document Type: Article

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