Elevating endogenous GABA levels with GAT-1 blockade modulates evoked but not induced responses in human visual cortex

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1105-1112

  Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^a   Myers, Jim F M ^b   Wilson, Sue J ^c   Nutt, David J ^c   Hamandi, Khalid ^d   Lingford Hughes, Anne ^c   Singh, Krish D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alpha rhythm; evoked responses; GABA; gamma oscillations; tiagabine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; PLACEBO; TIAGABINE;

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INGESTION; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878609691     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.9     Document Type: Article

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