The activity-dependent plasticity of segmental and intersegmental synaptic connections in the lamprey spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2135-2146

  Parker, David ^a   Grillner, Sten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Facilitation; Neural network; Spinal cord; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LAMPREY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; INTERNEURONS; LAMPREYS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034122001     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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