Local effects of glycinergic inhibition in the spinal cord motor systems for swimming in amphibian embryos

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1025-1035

  Perrins, Ray ^a,b   Soffe, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FROG; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SWIMMING; VENTRAL ROOT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029833981     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.1025     Document Type: Article

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