Noradrenaline unmasks novel self-reinforcing motor circuits within the mammalian spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5920-5928

  Machacek, David W ^a   Hochman, Shawn ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic; Collateral; Excitation; Glutamatergic; Motoneuron; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; AGING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33745264905     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4623-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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