Mechanisms underlying the noradrenergic modulation of longitudinal coordination during swimming in Xenopus laevis tadpoles

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1013-1022

  Merrywest, Simon D ^a   McDearmid, Jonathan R ^b   Kjaerulff, Ole ^c   Kiehn, Ole ^d   Sillar, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neuromodulation; Post inhibitory rebound; Spinal cord; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ELECTRICITY; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LARVA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0345269851     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02526.x     Document Type: Article

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