Neurotransmission by neurons that use serotonin, noradrenaline, glutamate, glycine, and γ-aminobutyric acid in the normal and injured spinal cord

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 168-177

  Shapiro, Scott ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminobutyric acid spinal neurotransmission; Glutamate, spinal neurotransmission; Glycine spinal neurotransmission; Serotonin spinal neurotransmission; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; EXCITOTOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; NORADRENALIN; PROTIRELIN; SEROTONIN;

INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031016605     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199701000-00037     Document Type: Review

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