Descending 5-Hydroxytryptamine Raphe Inputs Repress the Expression of Serotonergic Neurons and Slow the Maturation of Inhibitory Systems in Mouse Embryonic Spinal Cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2598-2606

  Branchereau, Pascal ^a   Chapron, Jacqueline ^a   Meyrand, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Disinhibition; GABA; Glycine; Modulatory neurons; Neural networks; Neuronal phenotype; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4-CHLOROPHENYLALANINE METHYL ESTER; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENCLONINE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MATURATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE CULTURE; UTERUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FENCLONINE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036546653     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02598.2002     Document Type: Article

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