Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology

, Volume 43, Issue 8, pp 1006–1014 | Cite as

Role of GABAA and GABAB Receptors in the Processes Forming Evoked Potentials in Rat Somatosensory Cortex Barrels

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Studies using local microapplications of GABA, picrotoxin, and CGP 52432 demonstrated the different roles of GABAA and GABAB receptors in the neurogenesis of the primary and secondary components of evoked potentials in rat somatosensory cortex barrels on activation of efferent inputs by mechanical stimulation of the corresponding whiskers. These results led to the conclusion that the processes forming rhythmic discharges due to evoked potentials resulted from local pacemaker mechanisms mediated by the endogenous properties of the neurons constituting neural networks.

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GABAA and GABAB receptors evoked potentials of rat somatosensory cortex barrels 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. E. Matukhno
    • 1
  • A. G. Sukhov
    • 1
  • V. V. Sinitsyna
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of the Organization of Neural Networks, A. B. Kogan Research Institute of NeurocyberneticsSouthern Federal UniversityRostov-on-DonRussia

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