Spontaneous and locomotor-related GABAergic input onto primary afferents in the neonatal rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-164

  Fellippa Marques, Silvia ^a   Vinay, Laurent ^a   Clarac, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antidromic discharges; Bicuculline; Presynaptic inhibition; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CHLORIDE ION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; PICROTOXIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL ROOT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; ION CONDUCTANCE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN STEM; CHLORIDES; DECEREBRATE STATE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0033984701     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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