Motoneuron activity patterns related to the earliest behavior of the zebrafish embryo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3964-3972

  Saint Amant, Louis ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

In vivo; Locomotion; Patch clamp; Rhythmic activity; Spinal cord; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYO; GAP JUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0034214194     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-03964.2000     Document Type: Article

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