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Abstract
Hyperpolarization of membrane potentials at the SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES of target neurons during NEUROTRANSMISSION. They are local changes which diminish responsiveness to excitatory signals.
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- IPSP
- IPSPs
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
- Postsynaptic Potential, Inhibitory
- Postsynaptic Potentials, Inhibitory
- Potential, Inhibitory Postsynaptic
- Potentials, Inhibitory Postsynaptic
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Currents
- Current, Inhibitory Postsynaptic
- Currents, Inhibitory Postsynaptic
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Current
- Postsynaptic Current, Inhibitory
- Postsynaptic Currents, Inhibitory
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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for miniature inhibitory postsynaptic potentials coordinate with MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS
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2007
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- Evoked Potentials (1971-2006)
- Membrane Potentials (1967-2006)
- Neural Inhibition (1972-2006)
- Synaptic Transmission (1968-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053444. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053444
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhibitory_postsynaptic_potential
- Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185869