NMDA receptor-mediated oscillatory properties: Potential role in rhythm generation in the mammalian spinal cord

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 860, Issue , 1998, Pages 189-202

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; RAT; RHYTHM; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0032446147     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09049.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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