Glycinergic inhibition in the turtle spinal cord regulates the intensity and pattern of fictive flexion reflex motor output

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Currie, Scott N ^a   Lee, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossed flexion reflex; Flexion reflex; Glycine; Spinal cord; Strychnine; Turtle; Aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR REFLEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

EID: 0030026803     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12387-9     Document Type: Article

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