Spontaneous motoneuronal activity mediated by glycine and GABA in the spinal cord of rat fetuses in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 497, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-143

  Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Iizuka, Makito ^a,b   Ozaki, Shigeru ^a,c   Kudo, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0029951768     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021755     Document Type: Article

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