Networks of inhibitory and excitatory commissural interneurons mediating crossed reticulospinal actions

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2273-2284

  Bannatyne, B Anne ^a   Edgley, Stephen A ^b   Hammar, Ingela ^c   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^c   Maxwell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat; Glutamate; Glycine; Interneurons; Moteneurons; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 2; NEUROBIOTIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; RHODAMINE; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

AFFINITY LABELING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAT; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; REACTION TIME; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHODAMINES; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 1642463512     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02973.x     Document Type: Article

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