Methods
Vocabulary
Electrophysiology
Pharmacology
Misc
100
What model organism was used for these experiments?
Mice!
100
A cluster of interneurons in the respiratory CPG responsible for generating respiratory rhythm in mammals
pre-Bötzinger complex (PBC)
100
The method used to record extracellularly
suction electrode
100
What effect did CNQX have on PBC neuron rhythms?
It abolished them
100
The authors come from institutions in these three countries
Sweden, France, and Japan
200
A recombinase enzyme that cuts out the sequence between two loxP sites
Cre
200
Vglut2f/f;PCre mutants have malformed and reduced numbers of synaptic vesicles at what kind of synapse?
asymmetric synapses
200
The method used to observe individual currents in the neurons
Voltage clamp
200
The three glutamate receptors
AMPA, Kianate, NMDA
200
A CPG that VGLUT2 does NOT affect
the locomotor CPG
300
Method that uses antibodies labeled with fluorescent dyes in order to visualize proteins
Immunofluorescence
300
AMPA/Kainate receptor antagonist
CNQX
300
The nerve root recorded from
hypoglossal nerve root
300
The two types of receptor that bicuculline and strychnine antagonize
GABAa and glycine receptors
300
The name for the bluish discoloration resulting from poorly oxygenated blood that mutant pups experienced
cyanosis
400
Method used to identify Vglut2 mRNA
in situ hybridization
400
Where the PBC is located
the medulla of the brainstem
400
The synaptic current mediated by AMPA/kianate (slow or fast)
Fast
400
What bodily fluid were drugs diluted in?
CSF
400
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