Metachronal propagation of motoneurone burst activation in isolated spinal cord of newborn rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 568, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 583-597

  Cazalets, Jean René ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; STRYCHNINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAMMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; THORACIC SPINE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG MECHANISM; INTERSEGMENTAL VESSEL; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 27644476372     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.086850     Document Type: Article

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