Developmental changes in rhythmic spinal neuronal activity in the rat fetus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 47-55

  Kudo, Norio ^a   Nishimaru, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Kiyomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLEXOR MUSCLE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0344009719     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(03)43005-7     Document Type: Review

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