Nitric Oxide Selectively Tunes Inhibitory Synapses to Modulate Vertebrate Locomotion

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4175-4184

  McLean, David L ^a   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GABA; Glycine; Locomotion; Nitric oxide; Release; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLYCINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; POTASSIUM; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; SWIMMING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TADPOLE; VENTRAL ROOT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AGENTS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; POTASSIUM; SWIMMING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037095691     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-04175.2002     Document Type: Article

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