Locomotor-like rhythms in a genetically distinct cluster of interneurons in the mammalian spinal cord

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1439-1449

  Hinckley, Christopher A ^a   Hartley, Robert ^b   Wu, Linying ^a   Todd, Andrew ^b   Ziskind Conhaim, Lea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN HB9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOTIN; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; N-METHYLASPARTATE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 13844315172     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00647.2004     Document Type: Article

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