Propriospinal neurons contribute to bulbospinal transmission of the locomotor command signal in the neonatal rat spinal cord

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 572, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-458

  Zaporozhets, Eugene ^a   Cowley, Kristine C ^a   Schmidt, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ATROPINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; MAGNESIUM ION; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; EGTAZIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STELLATE GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL ROOT; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; PROPRIOSPINAL NEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATROPINE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MAGNESIUM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33645517625     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.102376     Document Type: Article

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