Dissociation of CA3 pyramidal cells with attached, functional, identified mossy fiber and interneuronal boutons for studying glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic transmission

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-160

  Beltrán, Jesús Q ^a   Reyes, Sebastián ^a   Pérez Guzmán, José A ^a   Elías Viñas, David ^a   Gutiérrez, Rafael ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CA3; Dissociated cells; Mossy fibers; Neurotransmission; Pyramidal cells; Synaptic boutons

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DYE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; FLUORESCENCE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPE; MOSSY FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CA3 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MOSSY FIBERS, HIPPOCAMPAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84861898557     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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