Attenuated glycine receptor function reduces excitability of mouse medial vestibular nucleus neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 348-360

  Camp, A J ^a   Lim, R ^a   Anderson, W B ^a   Schofield, P R ^b,c   Callister, R J ^a   Brichta, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AHP; Excitability; Glycine; Mouse

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EID: 77955920870     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.040     Document Type: Article

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