Evidence for increased extracellular K+ as an important mechanism for dorsal root induced alternating rhythmic activity in the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 77-80

  Marchetti, Cristina ^a   Beato, Marco ^a   Nistri, Andrea ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afterhyperpolarization; Central pattern generator; Dorsal root afferent; Extracellular potassium; Fictive locomotion; Motoneurone; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHYTHM; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0035907161     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01777-3     Document Type: Article

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