Spinal inputs from lateral columns to reticulospinal neurons in lampreys

Brain Research

Volumn 808, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-293

  Vinay, Laurent ^a,b   Bongianni, Fulvia ^c   Ohta, Yoshihiro ^c   Grillner, Sten ^c   Dubuc, Réjean ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; GABA; Glycine; Locomotion; Spinal lemniscus

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BACLOFEN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNESIUM; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032547879     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00835-X     Document Type: Article

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