Rhythmic motor activity evoked by NMDA in the spinal zebrafish larva

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 401-417

  McDearmid, Jonathan R ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; STRYCHNINE; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; KINEMATICS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSCILLATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; SYNAPSE; TAIL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33644793740     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00844.2005     Document Type: Article

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