Functional alterations of cat abducens neurons after peripheral tetanus neurotoxin injection

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1878-1890

  González Forero, David ^a   De la Cruz, Rosa R ^a   Delgado García, José María ^a   Álvarez, Francisco J ^b   Pastor, Ángel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; CATS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; SACCADES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETANUS TOXIN; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0344837799     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01006.2002     Document Type: Article

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