Spinal inhibitory neurons that modulate cutaneous sensory pathways during locomotion in a simple vertebrate

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 10924-10934

  Li, Wen Chang ^a   Soffe, S R ^a   Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPG; Glycine; Locomotion; Reflex reversal; Spinal cord; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SKIN STIMULATION; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037114979     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-24-10924.2002     Document Type: Article

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