Assessing the roles of glutamatergic and cholinergic synaptic drive in the control of fictive swimming frequency in young Xenopus tadpoles

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 753-758

  Zhao, F Y ^a   Roberts, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Frequency control; Locomotion; Tonic depolarization EPSP

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIOXO 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; 2,3-DIOXO-6-NITRO-7-SULFAMOYLBENZO(F)QUINOXALINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LARVA; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; LARVA; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032434180     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050298     Document Type: Article

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