Presence of functional vasopressin receptors in spinal ventral horn neurons of young rats: A morphological and electrophysiological study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1833-1846

  Liu, X ^a   Tribollet, E ^b   Ogier, R ^b   Barberis, C ^c   Raggenbass, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; GABA; Glycine; Motoneuron; Oxytocin; Whole cell recordings

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTERIOR HORN CELLS; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0038392647     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02625.x     Document Type: Article

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