Metabotropic synaptic regulation of intrinsic response properties of turtle spinal motoneurones

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Delgado Lezama, Rodolfo ^a   Perrier, Jean François ^a   Nedergaard, Steen ^a,b   Svirskis, Gytis ^a,c   Hounsgaard, Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TURTLE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CURRENT CLAMP TECHNIQUE; DORSOLATERAL FUNICULUS; FACILITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; TURTLES;

EID: 1842408933     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.097bf.x     Document Type: Article

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