Altered inhibitory synaptic transmission in superficial dorsal horn neurones in spastic and oscillator mice

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 551, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 905-916

  Graham, B A ^a   Schofield, P R ^b,d   Sah, P ^c   Callister, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; TISSUE SLICE; ARTICLE; INHIBITORY SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; OSCILLATOR MOUSE; OT GENE; SPA GENE; SPASTIC MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0141870048     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.049064     Document Type: Review

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