Voltage oscillations in Xenopus spinal cord neurons: Developmental onset and dependence on co-activation of NMDA and 5HT receptors

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1473-1482

  Scrymgeour Wedderburn, John F ^a   Reith, Carolyn A ^a   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Development; Locomotion; NMDA channel; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 5 CARBAMOYLTRYPTAMINE; MAGNESIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; HATCHING; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LARVA; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; OSCILLOMETRY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030746990     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01501.x     Document Type: Article

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