NMDA receptor activation triggers voltage oscillations, plateau potentials and bursting in neonatal rat lumbar motoneurons in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2702-2711

  MacLean, Jason N ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a   Hochman, Shawn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Locomotion; Motor rhythm; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

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

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031411088     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01699.x     Document Type: Article

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