NMDA receptor-mediated oscillatory activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord is serotonin dependent

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2804-2808

  MacLean, Jason N ^a   Cowley, Kristine C ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031840892     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.5.2804     Document Type: Article

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