GABAergic synaptic transmission triggers action potentials in thalamic reticular nucleus neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 7782-7790

  Sun, Yan Gang ^a   Wu, Chia Shan ^b   Renger, John J ^c   Uebele, Victor N ^c   Lu, Hui Chen ^b   Beierlein, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIKE; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SYMPORTERS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84861908601     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0839-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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