Development of locomotor activity induced by NMDA receptor activation in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat fetus studied in vitro

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 118-125

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Development; Locomotion; N Methyl D aspartate; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; FETUS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 0030598385     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(96)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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