Evidence that descending serotonergic systems protect spinal cord plasticity against the disruptive effect of uncontrollable stimulation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 164-176

  Crown, Eric D ^a   Grau, James W ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending systems; Dorsolateral funiculus; Instrumental learning; Serotonin; Spinal cord plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 7 AGONIST; SEROTONIN AGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EXPOSURE; HINDLIMB; LEARNING; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SHOCK; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; STIMULATION; STIMULUS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 26244456289     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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