Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) has independent excitatory and modulatory actions on lamina IX neurons of lumbosacral spinal cord slices from adult rats

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Kow, Lee Ming ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclo(His Pro); Estrogen; Motoneurons; Neuromodulation; Neuropeptides; Neurotransmitters; Single unit activity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ESTRADIOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0030025912     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(95)02053-5     Document Type: Article

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