Increased incidence of gap junctional coupling between spinal motoneurones following transient blockade of NMDA receptors in neonatal rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 544, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 757-764

  Mentis, George Z ^a   Díaz, Eugenia ^a   Moran, Linda B ^a   Navarrete, Roberto ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; DIZOCILPINE; DYE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIOTIN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL ROOT; AGING; ANIMAL; CELL JUNCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; TIME; ACTION POTENTIAL; CONNECTOME; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; GAP JUNCTIONAL COUPLING; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MOTOR NEURONS; RATS; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036849566     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.028159     Document Type: Article

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