Genesis of spontaneous rhythmic motor patterns in the lumbosacral spinal cord of neonate mouse

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-99

  Bonnot, Agnès ^a   Morin, Didier ^a   Viala, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Excitatory amino acid; In vitro study; Mg2+ free induced activity; Motor rhythmicity; Neonatal spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD POTENTIAL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; QUINOXALINES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032526805     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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