Increased electrotonic coupling in spinal motoneurons after transient botulinum neurotoxin paralysis in the neonatal rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 793-805

  Pastor, Angel M ^b   Mentis, George Z ^a   De La Cruz, Rosa R ^b   Díaz, Eugenia ^a   Navarrete, Roberto ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; FLUORESCENT DYE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAP JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; GAP JUNCTIONS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; PARALYSIS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037322860     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00498.2002     Document Type: Article

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