Involvement of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors for the Ptychodiscus brevis toxin-induced depression of monosynaptic and polysynaptic reflexes in neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1189-1197

  Singh, J N ^a   Deshpande, S B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

7 chlorokynurenic acid; AMPA receptors; Brevetoxin; D serine; Root potentials

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 7 CHLOROKYNURENIC ACID; BREVETOXIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEX; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSYNAPTIC REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MARINE TOXINS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; NEURAL INHIBITION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REFLEX, STRETCH; SERINE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037121687     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00544-4     Document Type: Article

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