Differential projections of excitatory and inhibitory dorsal horn interneurons relaying information from group II muscle afferents in the cat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2871-2880

  Bannatyne, B Anne ^a   Edgley, Stephen A ^b   Hammar, Ingela ^c   Jankowska, Elzbieta ^c   Maxwell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Immunocytochemistry; Intracellular labeling; Motor control; Reflex pathway; Spinal interneuronal networks

Indexed keywords

GEPHYRIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER 2; NEUROTRANSMITTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 33644999178     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5172-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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