Development of glycinergic synaptic transmission to rat brain stem motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2608-2620

  Singer, Joshua H ^a   Talley, Edmund M ^b   Bayliss, Douglas A ^b   Berger, Albert J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TONGUE;

EID: 0031760295     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.80.5.2608     Document Type: Article

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