Motor learning changes GABAergic terminals on spinal motoneurons in normal rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Wang, Yu ^a   Pillai, Shreejith ^a   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^a   Chen, Xiang Yang ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity dependent plasticity; GABA; H reflex; Memory; Motor control; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HOFFMANN REFLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SKILL RETENTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; H-REFLEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33644951362     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04547.x     Document Type: Article

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