Imaging the spread of reversible brain inactivations using fluorescent muscimol.
Authors:Allen TA, Narayanan NS, Kholodar-Smith DB, Zhao Y, Laubach M, Brown TH,
Journal:J Neurosci Methods
PubMed ID:18377997
Muscimol is a GABA A-agonist that causes rapid and reversible suppression of neurophysiological activity. Interpretations of the effects of muscimol infusions into the brain have been limited because of uncertainty about spread of the drug around the injection site. To solve this problem, the present study explored the use of ... More