Contributions of NMDA receptors to network recruitment and rhythm generation in spinal cord cultures

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 521-532

  Legrand, Jean Christophe ^a   Darbon, Pascal ^a   Streit, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bursting; Glutamate; Multielectrode array; Neuronal network

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE CULTURE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; APAMIN; BICUCULLINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; EMBRYO; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 1242340487     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2003.03143.x     Document Type: Article

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