Inhibitory connections between antagonistic motor neurones of the crayfish walking legs

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 399, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-254

  Pearlstein, E ^a,c   Watson, A H D ^b   Bevengut M ^a   Cattaert, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Procambarus clarkii; Reciprocal inhibition

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRAYFISH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CHLORIDES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PICROTOXIN; SYNAPSES; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; TETRODOTOXIN; WALKING;

EID: 0032556052     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980921)399:2<241::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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