Endogenous monoamine receptor activation is essential for enabling persistent sodium currents and repetitive firing in rat spinal motoneurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1171-1186

  Harvey, P J ^a   Li, X ^a   Li, Y ^a   Bennett, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [[2 (2,6 DIMETHOXYPHENOXY)ETHYL]AMINOMETHYL] 1,4 BENZODIOXAN; 8 [4 (5 AMINO 2,4 DIMETHOXYBENZOYL)BUTYL] 1,3,8 TRIAZASPIRO[4.5]DECANE 2,4 DIONE; KETANSERIN; MONOAMINE DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2C ANTAGONIST; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACRUM; SODIUM CURRENT; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33748529605     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00341.2006     Document Type: Article

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