Gradual development of the ventral funiculus input to lumbar motoneurons in the neonatal rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1543-1554

  Brocard, F ^a   Vinay, L ^a   Clarac, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Descending pathways; Development; Locomotion; Monosynaptic reflex; Posture

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN STEM; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032955977     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00550-8     Document Type: Article

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