Sensory-evoked pocket scratch motor patterns in the in vitro turtle spinal cord: Reduction of excitability by an N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-92

  Currie, Scott N ^a   Lee, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

EID: 0029943598     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.81     Document Type: Article

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