Direct evidence for the link between monoaminergic descending pathways and motor activity: II. A study with microdialysis probes implanted in the ventral horn of the spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 794, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 169-173

  Gerin, Christine ^a,b   Privat, Alain ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic microdialysis; Histology; Motor function; Spinal cord; Ventral horn

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; DOPAMINE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REST; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032565675     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00278-9     Document Type: Article

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