Fast oscillatory activity induced by kainate receptor activation in the rat basolateral amygdala in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 914-922

  Randall, Fiona E ^a,b   Whittington, Miles A ^a   Cunningham, Mark O ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BLA; Gamma oscillations; Gap junction; Glutamate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BETA FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAMMA FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 79952440467     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07582.x     Document Type: Article

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