Low-fidelity GABA transmission within a dense excitatory network of the solitary tract nucleus

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 5677-5689

  Mcdougall, Stuart J ^a   Andresen, Michael C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84869747298     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.241976     Document Type: Article

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