Identification of an interneuronal population that mediates recurrent inhibition of motoneurons in the developing chick spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 7557-7567

  Wenner, Peter ^a   O'Donovan, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Imaging; Renshaw cell; Spinal cord; Spinal interneuron; Spontaneous activity; Synaptic specificity

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; MONOSYNAPTIC PATHWAY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033198201     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-17-07557.1999     Document Type: Article

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