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. 1988 Jun;94(2):443–448. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1988.tb11546.x

Antagonism of N-methylaspartate and synaptic responses of neurones in the rat ventrobasal thalamus by ketamine and MK-801.

T E Salt 1, D G Wilson 1, S K Prasad 1
PMCID: PMC1853994  PMID: 3293684

Abstract

1. Extracellular single neurone recordings were made in the ventrobasal thalamus of urethane-anaesthetized rats. 2. Iontophoretically and intravenously administered ketamine and MK-801 were found to be selective antagonists of responses of neurones to iontophoretically applied N-methylaspartate. 3. Both antagonists, administered in N-methylaspartate-selective quantities, reduced the synaptic responses of ventrobasal thalamus neurones to a two-second air jet directed at the peripheral receptive field.

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