Rostrocaudal progression in the development of periodic spontaneous activity in fetal rat spinal motor circuits in vitro

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2592-2595

  Nakayama, Kiyomi ^a,b   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Iizuka, Makito ^b   Ozaki, Shigeru ^a   Kudo, Norio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; KYNURENIC ACID; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0033021676     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.5.2592     Document Type: Article

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