Persistent responses to brief stimuli: Feedback excitation among brainstem neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4026-4035

  Li, Wen Chang ^a   Soffe, Stephen R ^a   Wolf, Ervin ^b   Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Feedback; Locomotion; Reticulospinal; Rhythm generation; Synapses; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; MODEL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOFTWARE; XENOPUS;

EID: 33646095767     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4727-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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