Activity-dependent plasticity of descending synaptic inputs to spinal motoneurons in an in vitro turtle brainstem-spinal cord preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3487-3495

  Johnson, Stephen M ^a   Mitchell, Gordon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breathing; Locomotion; LTD; LTP; Motor control; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE;

EID: 0034192401     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03487.2000     Document Type: Article

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