Alpha-adrenoreceptor activation modulates swimming via glycinergic and GABAergic inhibitory pathways in Xenopus laevis tadpoles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 375-383

  Merrywest, Simon D ^a   Fischer, Hanno ^a   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenoreceptors; Neuromodulation; Noradrenaline; Spinal cord; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; GLYCINE; NORADRENALIN; STRYCHNINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CLONIDINE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; LARVA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PERIODICITY; PHENYLEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036460477     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01865.x     Document Type: Article

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