The contribution of δ subunit-containing GABAA receptors to phasic and tonic conductance changes in cerebellum, thalamus and neocortex

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ye, Zhiwen ^a   McGee, Thomas P ^b   Houston, Catriona M ^a   Brickley, Stephen G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABAA receptor agonists; GABAA receptors; Patch clamp techniques; Phasic inhibition; Tonic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR DELTA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULE CELL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GABAA RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABAA RECEPTORS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHASIC INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TONIC INHIBITION;

GABAA RECEPTOR AGONISTS; GABAA RECEPTORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHASIC INHIBITION; TONIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; THALAMUS;

EID: 84891088566     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00203     Document Type: Article

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