Spinal and supraspinal functions of noradrenaline in the frog embryo: Consequences for motor behaviour

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-587

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; FROG; HATCHING; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHYTHM; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN; FICTIVE COILING RESPONSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; RANA TEMPORARIA; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; LOCOMOTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; RANA TEMPORARIA; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-1; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING;

EID: 0141523128     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.045229     Document Type: Article

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