Developmental changes in GABAergic neurotransmission to presympathetic and cardiac parasympathetic neurons in the brainstem

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 672-679

  Dergacheva, Olga ^a   Boychuk, Carie R ^a   Mendelowitz, David ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Development; Neurons; Parasympathetic; Presympathetic

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; STRYCHNINE;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CARDIAC VAGAL NEURON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC CURRENT; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESYMPATHETIC NEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84880998751     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01054.2012     Document Type: Article

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