Tests of the motor neuron model of the local pattern-generating circuits in the swimmeret system

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2839-2859

  Sherff, Carolyn M ^a,b   Mulloney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride current; Crustacea; Electrical synapses; GABA; Glutamate; Ibotenic acid; Motor neurons; Motor pattern; Muscimol; Neural circuits; Picrotoxin; Swimmeret; Synaptic inhibition

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOCROTONIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0029977971     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-08-02839.1996     Document Type: Article

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