Cannabinoids alter spontaneous firing, bursting, and cell synchrony of hippocampal principal cells

Hippocampus

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 520-531

  Goonawardena, Anushka V ^a,b   Riedel, Gernot ^b   Hampson, Robert E ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bursting; Cannabinoid; Firing rate; Hippocampus; Rat; Single unit; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N MORPHOLINO 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DEXANABINOL; POLYSORBATE 80;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CANNABINOIDS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1;

EID: 78649584476     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20769     Document Type: Article

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