Time course of GABA in the synaptic clefts of inhibitory synapses in the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-15

  Grabauskas, Gintautas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brainstem slices; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Tetanic stimulation; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANY; TIME;

EID: 8844259763     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.09.051     Document Type: Article

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