Developmental synaptic depression underlying reorganization of visceral reflex pathways in the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8402-8407

  Araki, Isao ^a,b   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic spinal transection; Developmental synaptic depression; Glutamatergic excitatory synaptic currents; Micturition reflex; Parasympathetic preganglionic neurons; Quantal analysis; Spinal autonomic nucleus; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MICTURITION REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030773762     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08402.1997     Document Type: Article

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