Effect of metabotropic glutamate receptor activity on rhythmic discharges of the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 388-393

  Taccola, Giuliano ^a   Marchetti, Cristina ^a,b   Nistri, Andrea ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinhibited bursting; Fictive locomotion; Glutamate receptors; Locomotor network; Oscillations; Spinal network

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPENTANE 3 DICARBOXYLIC ACID; ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; SEROTONIN; STRYCHNINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RHYTHM; SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DOWN-REGULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; PERIODICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE;

EID: 0345304420     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1668-1     Document Type: Article

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