Elevated potassium elicits recurrent surges of large GABAA-receptormediated post-synaptic currents in hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1185-1198

  Shin, Damian Seung Ho ^a   Yu, Wilson ^a   Sutton, Alex ^a   Calos, Megan ^a   Carlen, Peter Louis ^b,c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CARBENOXOLONE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; POTASSIUM ION; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; POTASSIUM; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 79955127362     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00770.2010     Document Type: Article

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