Chronic intermittent hypoxia depresses afferent neurotransmission in NTS neurons by a reduction in the number of active synapses

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 16736-16746

  Almado, Carlos Eduardo L ^a   Machado, Benedito H ^a   Leão, Ricardo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; ION CURRENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SHORT TERM DEPRESSION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPIKE WAVE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84870024625     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2654-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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