Serotonergic modulation of synaptic transmission and action potential firing in frog motoneurons

Brain Research

Volumn 1102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-77

  Ovsepian, Saak V ^a   Vesselkin, Nikolai P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

EPSP spike; Population discharge; Serotonin; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FROG; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MONOSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; RANA RIDIBUNDA; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANURA;

EID: 33746214625     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.04.035     Document Type: Article

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