Role of group II and III metabotropic glutamate receptors in rhythmic patterns of the neonatal rat spinal cord in vitro

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-504

  Taccola, Giuliano ^a   Marchetti, Cristina ^a   Nistri, Andrea ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burst; Cumulative depolarization; DCG IV; Fictive locomotion; L AP4

Indexed keywords

2 (2,3 DICARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL)GLYCINE; 2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA CYCLOPROPYL 4 PHOSPHONOPHENYLGLYCINE; ALPHA ETHYLGLUTAMIC ACID; AUTORECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PERIODICITY; RATS; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3042518935     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1798-5     Document Type: Article

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