High ratio of synaptic excitation to synaptic inhibition in hilar ectopic granule cells of pilocarpine-treated rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3293-3304

  Zhan, Ren Zhi ^a   Timofeeva, Olga ^a   Nadler, J Victor ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DENTATE HILUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXCITATION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CONVULSANTS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; NEURONS; PILOCARPINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650912031     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00663.2010     Document Type: Article

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