Fictive locomotor patterns generated by tetraethylammonium application to the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 659-670

  Taccola, G ^a   Nistri, A ^a  

^a INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 aminopyridine; Burst; Central pattern generator; Motoneuron; Spinal network

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTYPY; TISSUE SECTION; VENTRAL ROOT;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM;

EID: 29744434760     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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