GABAergic control of spinal locomotor networks in the neonatal rat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 168-180

  Cazalets, Jean René ^a   Bertrand, Sandrine ^a   Sqalli Houssaini, Youssef ^b   Clarac, François ^a  

^a CNRS Laboratoire de Neurobiologie et Mouvements   (France)

^b SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL;

BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032426174     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09047.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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