Effects of inhibitory neurotransmitters on the mudpuppy (Necturus maculatus) locomotor pattern in vitro

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-184

  Jovanovic K ^a,b   Petrov, T ^a   Stein, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; GABA; Glycine; In vitro; Locomotion; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; MUSCIMOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NIPECOTIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATTERN GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NECTURUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032718219     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050887     Document Type: Article

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