Fictive rhythmic motor patterns induced by NMDA in an in vitro brain stem-spinal cord preparation from an adult urodele

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1074-1077

  Delvolvé, Isabelle ^a   Branchereau, Pascal ^b   Dubuc, Réjean ^c   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032793281     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.2.1074     Document Type: Article

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