Reduced hippocampal GABAergic function in wistar audiogenic rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1054-1059

  Drumond, L E ^a   Kushmerick, C ^a   Guidine, P A M ^a   Doretto, M C ^a   Moraes, M F D ^a   Massensini, A R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Extracellular recording; GABA; Hippocampus; Picrotoxin; Wistar audiogenic rats

Indexed keywords

PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDIOGENIC SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80054004983     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500118     Document Type: Article

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