Axon projections of reciprocal inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord of young Xenopus tadpoles and implications for the pattern of inhibition during swimming and struggling

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-518

  Yoshida, M ^a,b   Roberts, Alan ^a   Soffe, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Central pattern generator; Embryo; Glycinergic; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PERIODICITY; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032476536     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981102)400:4<504::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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