Cholinergic and serotonergic excitation of ascending commissural neurons in the thoraco-lumbar spinal cord of the neonatal mouse

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1278-1284

  Carlin, K P ^a   Dai, Y ^a   Jordan, L M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DEXTRAN; SEROTONIN; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; VERTEBRA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CHOLINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33644854747     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00963.2005     Document Type: Article

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