Mauthner cell-initiated electromotor behavior is mediated via NMDA and metabotropic glutamatergic receptors on medullary pacemaker neurons in a gymnotid fish

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 9133-9140

  Curti, Sebastian ^a   Falconi, Atilio ^b   Morales, Francisco R ^a   Borde, Michel ^a  

^a Institutos de Física   (Uruguay)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Electric fish; Electric organ discharge; Escape response; Glutamate receptors; Mauthner cell; Metabotropic; NMDA; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EVOKED RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033570323     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-09133.1999     Document Type: Article

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