Cholinergic control of excitability of spinal motoneurones in the salamander

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 570, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 525-540

  Chevallier, Stéphanie ^a   Nagy, Frédéric ^a   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; ATROPINE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; LINOPIRDINE; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CONDUCTANCE; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; WHOLE CELL; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ANIMAL TISSUE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; FIRING RATE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; PLEURODELES; PLEURODELES WALTLII; SPINAL CORD SLICE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCARINE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLEURODELES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33645885339     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.098970     Document Type: Article

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